The doctor finally diagnosed my condition
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
September 17, 2016 11:37am CST
There's a hole in my soul
Where my feelings go
They slip through the hole
And fall far below
There's a tear in my heart
And the blood falls through
It keeps me apart
From you, and you
There's a drain on my brain
Letting thoughts slip away
Leaving only the pain
Growing day after day
And the list goes on...and on...and on...
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@XinfulThotz (4140)
• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
What's the name of the condition? I need to confirm with my doctor it's the same condition 
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@vandana7 (101988)
• India
17 Sep 16
@JolietJake ..If the doc is gay he would mind that, if not, he would be glad.
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@LadyDuck (477022)
• Italy
18 Sep 16
@JolietJake I am glad there is no cure for your poetry, because it's good as it is.
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@celticeagle (176078)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Sep 16
The hole in our soul is a bunch of hooey. A person who owns a cat has a full and working soul. We all have tears in our heart. Life does that. A drain in your brain? If I had done as much of that stuff as you say you have I'd have a hole in my brain too. 
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Sep 16
Thanks. I don't write as much as I did when I was younger, but I still throw a few out there occasionally.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
17 Sep 16
@JolietJake
A diagnosis in verse;
What could be worse?
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Sep 16
At least he just did it in verse and not limericks
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
17 Sep 16
Damn @JolietJake ; that is outstanding!!!!! I didn't know you had the P (poet) in you.
I will be by your side through thick and thin,
To help patch the hole that you have that's within.
To bring back that smile and wit you possess,
Hopefully to help relieve any stress. 
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Sep 16
I don't write as much as I used to, but I still get the urge occasionally
RAISE THE WALLS
Sorrow and despair
Blank faces everywhere
Stare with hungry need
At others driven by greed
No easy solution
To war and pollution
That fills the sky
Darkening my eye
And so I raise the walls...
Screams fill my ear
Both far and near
Of children weakened by hunger
Families driven asunder
Blocking out the traces
Of angry faces
Better to be alone
Behind high walls of stone
And so I raise the walls...
And so for a time
Peace fills my mind
All worries and care
Are blocked out there
While inside I lie still...
Fighting the will...
To be part of the masses
The trod upon classes
That while blocked from my sight
I still hear in the night
As they call for me
To set myself free
Of this prison of stone
That I built all alone...
So lonely inside...
Why need I hide...
For wasn't there love
And a smile from above
To counter the screams
And brighten my dreams
And friends' smiling faces
Leading to places
Of warmth, love and joy
Is my wall just a ploy
To fool my own mind...
So much I left behind
And so I raze the walls...
And start living again.
©2012 Michael Joseph Ratcliffe
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
17 Sep 16
@JolietJake Absolutely outstanding. You do have the gift. This ought to send @jaboUK into a spin. I think you and I have some similarities in thought.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Sep 16
He told me to treat it like a litterbox, cover that sh** up and move on
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@vandana7 (101988)
• India
17 Sep 16
@charlie09 .. Nope...he meant doc is so confused with the kind of knowledge he is filled with, that he simply is reciting alll that stuff. No analysis...
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@JolietJake (50190)
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17 Sep 16
@charlie09 56 IS NOT OLD!!!
And so what if I'm poor?
(Dammit...no viking helmet, just a dunce cap)
And so what if I'm poor?
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@XinfulThotz (4140)
• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
@JolietJake its not about the age. I have the same symptoms even though i am slightly younger...
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 Sep 16
that sounds like a country song, or a lament of some kind. quite sad and lovely
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@JolietJake (50190)
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18 Sep 16
Meh...not really worse than any other, I keep that part of me walled off here most of the time...
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@allen0187 (58574)
• Philippines
18 Sep 16
Sounds like something that a doctor can't cure or diagnose. Let me recommend my personal physician... Johnnie Walker. Solves most if not all my problems.
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@toniganzon (72544)
• Philippines
18 Sep 16
Terminal case. Doubt if there's a cure for this.
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