Barry Middleton Poems

All in all, before the fall,
I laughed and had a ball.

And if I stall, well after all,
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Once feared as omen from an angry god,
the sun's eclipse gives cause to celebrate.
With passing time we see all things anew.
The sky is blue; the people congregate.
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Love never saved a single soul,
love never stays.

It might drift onward
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it's hard to find the light
from the bottom of a well
but if you look straight up
it lifts you from your hell
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put on your dancing shoes
and dance away the blues

and you can never lose
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all men deserve to dream
and these are some of mine
a peace on earth that lasts
where harmony can shine
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no one really knows me
for I am here alone
and pondering on midnight
and all the things unknown
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I'm lost within the hurricane
the wind is howling all around
the waters are no longer still
but roar to mock the wolfen sound
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I finally found my drug of choice,
it speaks to me in my own voice.
I'm floating on a sea of mist,
so far above the dark abyss,
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just one swan song is not enough
so I must wander through my mind
along the roads I left behind
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