Cast Aside

Stepped upon and cast aside

No one even tries to hide

Absolute and sheer disdain

Serve no use, I’m just a pain

All the years I gave my best

Tossed aside just like the rest

A young man’s world it has become

God bless the bottle, keeps me numb

They tell me that my time has passed

The end it has begun at last

Β© The Beginning At Last


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25 responses to “Cast Aside”

  1. The image evokes a great deal of emotion and sadness, the words with it fit perfectly, now if only the people in the world paid attention to the suffering more intently than just turning the other cheek.

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    1. We’ve got a long way to go before that happen, I’m afraid.

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    Anonymous

    There is so much depth to this poem. Sad though it may be, I love it.

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      1. πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

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    1. Thank you πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

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      1. Interesting dear kevin

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  3. Touched my soul brother. So realistically sadπŸ€—

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    1. Thank you, sister. Glad you liked it. πŸ™πŸ™

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  4. My daughter, when she was younger, once told me that “old people” were gross. I said, someday I’ll be old, will I be gross too? She replied, no mom, because you’re my mom. So I told her, all those “old people” out there are someone’s mom or dad too. She looked at me with such shock on her face. Like the thought had never occurred to her. The newer generations are just so cold and thoughtless. It scares me sometimes.

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    1. I don’t think that thought occurs to a lot of people unfortunately.
      When I was younger I was always interested in “older people” because they had amazing stories and lessons, having grown up in the Depression, WW1 and WW2. I was also brought up to respect my elders, which I think many are not these days.

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      1. I always tried to teach respect, but it only works if they listen and they just don’t seem to do that.

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      2. No, not so much these days, sadly. Parents also can’t discipline like they used to,
        But that’s a topic I’ll leave alone. lol

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  5. a sad reality…so well expressed πŸ€πŸ™

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    1. Thank you Destiny. πŸ™

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      1. pleasure πŸ™

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      2. 😁😁

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      3. lol, Kevin…a grin or 2 is always healthy πŸ˜‚

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      4. It’s sometimes all we have, eh? lol

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      5. and glad for it too…hold on to itπŸ˜‹πŸ˜‰

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      6. Indeed. πŸ˜‰

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    Anonymous

    I must have missed this when you first posted it. Well done πŸ‘πŸ˜Ž

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    1. Thank you πŸ™

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