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Just Passing Through

Member since 2004 · Posted 26 Jan 2004 · Edited 26 Jan 2004 · 10 comments

Just passing through and thought I may never pass this way again. My life is an open road, Never knowing where I may go. I like to think that the nicer the people I get to meet, The better a person I become. Just passing through and though I may never pass this way again, And I hope to have made a friend.

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[n/a] deleted user 26-Jan-04/10:35 AM Reply

Thruogh is spelled Throooooo.

[n/a] southernboy71 26-Jan-04/10:40 AM Reply

Ok...Thanks for bringing that to my attention...Guess my fingers got moveing to fast LOL..

[8] richa 26-Jan-04/10:42 AM Reply

lines three and four are quite good, has a nice laidback feel

[n/a] southernboy71 26-Jan-04/11:51 AM Reply

No.... I wrote this about 20 years ago. I was at the top of Mt. Eagle in Tenn at the( Top of the Rock ) truck stop. Was on a trip fromm GA.To Indiana.

[n/a] southernboy71 26-Jan-04/11:53 AM Reply

This is kind of my outlook on life...It is applied to every journy my life takes me through.

[7] zodiac 26-Jan-04/12:29 PM Reply

"I like to think that the nicer the people I get to meet, The better a person I become." This line needs to be reworded.

[3] andrewjthomas 26-Jan-04/6:34 PM Reply

i read in your comments that this was written when you were "at the top of Mt. Eagle in Tenn." at a truck stop
throw in some specifics about that place to make this more interesting
right now it reads more like monologue than poetry

[n/a] southernboy71 › andrewjthomas 26-Jan-04/7:33 PM Reply

Ok. I understand what you are saying but what I wrote had nothing to do about the truck stop or where I was at in general.It was the thoughts of a 12 year old boy on the outlook of life and how to make moveing and leaving the things you have grown to know behind...

[3] andrewjthomas › southernboy71 26-Jan-04/7:38 PM Reply

ok, fine
i didn't get any of that information from this poem though
i'm just saying you would do well to sprinkle in some concrete imagery

[n/a] southernboy71 › andrewjthomas 26-Jan-04/7:47 PM Reply

And I would have to agree. I have never changed this poem as it is to me a constant reminder to myself of the 12 year old that wrote it that still resides within me.