Colin Ian Jeffery Poems

Satan holds sway
Over greed and selfishness
Waiting patiently
For each sinner's fall from grace.
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When I was a child
Christmas was joyous
Merrily enhancing the heart
Memories of smiles and laughter
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When I was a boy, innocent, lively and joyful
I thought and acted as a child without time
Hard riding me, tick tocking away the hours
Life seemed endless, death defied stranger
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In days gone bye
The flow of life was slow
With time easy and not hard pressed.
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Woodbine Willie's to see the boys
Handing out cigarettes
Going from soldier to soldier
Bringing God to frightened Tommies.
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Priest in celibate loneliness
Prays for strength of character
As need for physical love torments.
Called Father by congregation
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The Lord is my truth and the way
And I shall follow him
Safe within his love.
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(Battle of Britain 1940)

Hardly out of teens
Still boys learning ways of manhood
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Sweet precious Lord
In whom my faith is placed
I kneel before your altar.
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(1893-1918)


Young and joyful, man of faith
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