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October 2008 Poet of the Month...Woot!
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UNTIL YOU RETURN
The memories won't fade, my dreams are all of you,
your touch burns my soul, incandescent pure and true.
But so many nights, again my heart is sold,
and every night I feel, so alone and so cold.
Bring me eternal sleep, to hold me to this place,
where I can breathe with you, and bathe within your grace.
Bring me the darkness, so then I'll never leave,
so I won't lose you again, and I won't have to grieve.
Into the West, my soul flies at night,
seeking a glimpse, of your shining light.
Until at last it returns, with the breaking of the dawn,
And just like before, once more you are gone.
Somewhere deep inside, I hope you'll return to me;
lead me from the shadow, to set my spirit free.
Still the memories won't fade, and the dreams won't die,
so I'll walk with you tonight, and silently cry.
A PEAK INSIDE ME
I stared back at the man in the mirror,
he seemed to be calling my name,
warning me of the fateful end,
of this foolish, flickering flame.
I stared back at the man in the mirror,
imprisoned behind labyrinthed glass,
so close to the world, yet so far away,
watching my pained life fly past.
I stared back at the man in the mirror,
although wanting to look away.
His fragile life would soon shatter,
like the mirror would crack someday.
Staring back at the man in the mirror,
his powerful hands and long arms.
Dark circles which rested below his blue eyes,
which had since lost their sparkling charm.
Yes, I stared at the man in the mirror,
the artist, the doctor to be.
The innocent child who gave up his soul,
the boy who used to be me.
HAVE YOU EVER
Did you ever watch the sunset across the mountains high,
kissing all the peaks with colour as it slowly says goodbye?
Did you ever take the time to watch a moon rise in the sky,
shining bright with all its might, to watch the night go by?
Did you ever watch the twinkling of stars so clear and oh so bright,
up there in the heavens shining just for you all night?
Did you ever take a moment to catch the morning dew?
Knowing that the first to touch it could be only you.
Did you ever sit and ponder over the shape of any cloud,
and in your mind it could be whatever you allowed?
Did you ever truly appreciate, the sights, the smells and sounds,
of every passing moment that all of us surround?
Did you ever in a lifetime, think that you would really be,
sharing all these beautiful things in a poem wrote by me?
Did you really ever stop to think for even just a minute,
this life on earth would be so much worse if these things were not in it?
FAIRYTALE WORLD
Once upon a time, in a far away distant land,
of silver shores, with seas of blue and glistening golden sand.
Where ever lasting sunshine chased all the rain away,
and ever radiant songs of laughter filled every single day.
Once upon a time, in a land of snowy mountains,
ice old age descends like feathers and cascades down like fountains.
Reflection on the way we feel and what we need so much.
Where peace is found on every ridge like a miracle untouched.
Once upon a time, in a place of leafy green,
hills and fields and miles of land are all that can be seen.
All undisturbed by human hands, so lovely in there own,
where machinery and building bricks never shall be known.
Once upon a time, where fairytales were true,
with gleaming palaces, flying horses, and a princess that longed for you.
Where elves and gnomes and fairies were on what we were depending,
and every single time there was a very happy ending.
Once upon a time, in a world of goodwill gestures,
everyone helped their neighbour, no one was under pressure.
Welcoming with open arms each other to the fold,
bringing with one another a story so often untold.
Once upon a time, this world was what I knew,
it wrapped itself around me and with each day in strength it grew.
Although impossible as it sounds and how absurd it seems,
It pushed aside all my doubts and held onto my dreams.
Once upon a time, in a future to behold,
I remind myself of all these things that a story so often told.
Whilst sitting on your Mothers knee or curled up tight in bed,
you memorized every word, you hung on every thread.
Once upon a time, and every now and then,
I steal myself back to those times of wonder once again.
My mind is into overtime, I recount every single story,
in all its wonderment, the excitement and its glory.
Once upon a time, is where it all began,
imagination running free, in your mind being all that you can.
And once you’re in that wonderful place of miracles and laughter,
surely there can only be a happy ever after.
SO LITTLE LOVE
A collab between Clyde.E and me. Clyde writes in purple and I write in blue.
Hearts as cold as a false desire,
souls that burn themselves for fire.
Why, oh why in this world I must ask?
Must people hurt themselves for death's own task?
One pill to pull the strings of disaster,
the same pill you have to swallow faster,
soon everything will be commonplace,
it doesn’t matter if it was all a waste.
That fact that you'd ever go so far,
just to place yourself from the top bar.
To think you would ever dare to leave,
leaves me in awe and in disbelief.
I try to close my eyes and stay the course,
people are so quick to remorse,
and in the end no blood will spill,
but my life shall be changed by one small pill.
There's no magical pill to save all life,
there's no miracles to subside our strife.
There's nothing out there for us, but each other.
There's only your friends your family and many others.
You're far behind all the pain you were in,
in heaven there is no suffering,
I'll cherish our memories forever more,
now it is time to let your spirit soar.
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