Barry Middleton Poems

In dreams I ride the ghost train,
and I am rocked to sleep.

When the train passes into night,
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How I have often prayed for peace,
and I have prayed for lasting love,
but all I heard was hate and war,
no answers from the stars above.
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to seek within the self
to rectify iniquity
is the path to wisdom
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I know I was a lively child,
you do not need to hear,
for you can see it in my smile,
yet that could disappear.
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I think I was just ten or twelve,
and more like ten I'd say.
The past is always hard to delve;
some memories drift away.
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there is a story I was told
of shadow lands and mystery
of lead transmuted into gold
a misty realm of alchemy
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Age and illness devour all;
they take away the passion;
they take away the music,
the songs of yesterday.
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Another gray and lifeless day
is all it takes;
for winter always brings a mood
of dark defeat.
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there is peace in the stars
there is peace in the forest
there is peace in the sunset
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to follow the stream to its source
climbing higher and higher
is the journey of a life
that follows the true path
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