Barry Middleton Poems

the apple was sweet
but filled with regret

a kiss to remember
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sorrow rises like fog
a daffodil bitten by frost

spring is a sweet kiss
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the light in the east is a message
the world has survived the night
shadows reach out from their sleep
as I pause to reflect on the sight
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I dreamed of a sunlit meadow
a valley of lasting grace
I dreamed of a beautiful woman
and the moonlight on her face
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so much we take for granted
friends and lovers
youth and health
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come with me into the evening
come with me to the shadowy places
to the deepest reaches of the cave
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I never could find Miss Right
until one mysterious night
space aliens landed
and I was commanded
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the lessons of life
are mastered by few
it is hard to let injuries go
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I feel it in a shift of the wind
a threat falls on predacious wings

I sense it in a chill in the air
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there is a place where I must go
that's like a book that has no name

you will not find it on the shelf
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