Barry Middleton Poems

Whatever walls me in, must wall you out.
That's the way with things that separate.
Where I was raised, I knew there was a rule:
it was the way of life to segregate.
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her seductive dance enchanted
but with the season she departed
a swan bursting into flight
took the passion from the night
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the song of the mockingbird
is spring

in summer the osprey searches
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life slips away slowly
like the slow drip of chemo
but the chemo is done
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I have seen the underworld,
the velvet dark before the light,
a silent void of peace and rest,
and so I do not fear the night.
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I have the sun to love
the blessed kiss of rain

forgiveness of the forest
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sometimes life will steal
all that we hold dear

most will then entreat
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Can you hear it in the air,
the music that is everywhere?

And did you never know
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oh yes
love has the rose's blush
as love is just a rose
but colors fade like trust
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Her laughter was a starburst,
a 4th of July explosion
in his heart.
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