Bill Mitton Poems

THE MAN OF KERIOTH
(Judas Iscariot)
Was he just a Hebrew Zealot
who’s choice went badly wrong
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THE TWISTED MAN
(my relationship with my Lord and Saviour)

I am he and he is me, he takes this man
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Within this space upon this spot
Hatred blinded worse than dust
Repression and anger crushed
More surely than any falling concrete
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I sat against the graveyard wall
looking out across the Mayo peatlands
reaching out to touch your souls
and the names upon the crosses
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THE WINDS OF TROODOS
Sometimes when least expected I feel you
The scent of Pine resin hits my nostrils and memory
and for a short while I sense you dancing at my back
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GEESE IN THE DAWN
Sometimes when your heart holds
all the worries and troubles of life.
when you cannot find a smile
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HOPE
Sometimes
hope is all we have
and yet it is enough
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A GREY PERSPECTIVE
Ask me not of ethereal things
even less of Queens or Kings
from politics and diplomacy
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A LEAP OF FAITH
Sometime, you just have to jump
and hope to God the net appears.
As everything inside you screams
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Collectively Life is cheap.
that which makes life precious
is the individuality of each one
for we walk this earth unique
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