Bernard Franklin Poems

You took away my loneliness,
you dried my eyes of tears,
you healed my heart with just a kiss,
and erased my deepest fears.
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The grape and grain have much to pay,
for all the harm they’ve done.
For people who drink to any excess,
we disregard and shun.
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The blood red sunset,
seems to mourn for the day that’s gone,
as pregnant clouds heavily laden with aqua
spill forth
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Some people never suffer illness,
some people never get disease,
some people sail through life with nothing,
while some are brought down to their knee’s.
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I sometimes sit and scream at the moon,
with it’s silvery face, laughing at its own pock marked skin.
My freezing breath letting destiny in and out, as an icy vapour.
It seems no amount of rage will change my fate.
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As diplomacy fails around the world
the old allies group together,
they despatch the western war machine
for old Saddam’s head to sever.
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If you could only keep one of your senses,
which one would you choose? ,
of all your wondrous senses,
which ones could you stand to lose? .
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As two lonely souls cry out for love,
their mates must fit them like a glove.
Along the way they’ll meet their kind,
but a perfect match is hard to find.
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I wonder what attracted me,
to you that special day.
Let’s have a look to see just where,
my deepest feelings lay.
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The sea of solace lays calm and bare,
now there’s time on the shore to stand still and stare.
The winds of deep pain are all cut up and torn,
they’re asleep at long last, exhausted and worn’
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