Bill Mitton Poems

A SONG FOR THE JOURNEY
Sometimes you may sing in your heart
or have song running through your head
but there’s always singing’s in your soul
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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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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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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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WITH OPEN PALMS
With open palms, I face the setting sun
awaiting the stillness within my soul.
As the orange sky becomes burned ochre
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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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The unsung bell
atop the tower
of a ruined church
unchallanged by wind
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I don’t like Candied Peel,
And never will I fear.
So I am lost to cakes and pies
baked at this time of Year.
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