Barry Middleton Poems

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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A melody's familiar grace,
transforms the southern breeze,
that rises from the eastern Gulf,
abandoning the Keys.
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the statue in the park must come down
it recalls a darker time of war
it is a bitter memory
it blocks forgiveness
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the rain can't wash the tears away
they hide behind a wall
where sorrow lurks on stormy days
as wicked torrents fall
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history certainly repeats itself
its cycle is vague and mercurial

the stony beast no longer hides
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A tethered bird
that cannot fly
is hope
that cannot reach the sky.
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we'll meet where summer lilies grow
beneath the trees that line the path
among the shadows in the park
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I only see the stars and memory
I am confined by space
and night
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as death is drawing near
then what am I to say

the other side is hidden
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I never will forget her kiss
she was my universe

she was there when it began
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