david lessard Poems

I cannot and I will not, say that you are dead -
because you live and breathe inside my head,
because you were my love and always will be,
because you were a part of me.
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In the haunted castles of my mind,
Gruesome pictures of a past I find;
It wasn't very long ago, we wed,
Yesterday I woke, and found you dead.
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That's me, when I was twenty,
Good-looking and I knew it;
Times were ripe and plenty,
I was strong and I was fit.
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You cannot be here without your papers,
You are brown and you must have I.D.;
You cannot speak with an accent,
Then they'd know you were illegal, don't you see?
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We'd like to drill offshore,
It's black gold that we seek;
We want to make some money,
And we want to start last week!
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Half the people in this country agree,
We should be tougher on immigration;
Half the people cannot see,
Where we are going as a nation.
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When I was ill,
You made me whole,
When I swallowed
Life's bitter pill,
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Like you, I needed space,
Like you, I needed time;
You were always in my face,
It was kind of like a crime.
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Once there comes along a man,
Who stands above the rest;
Who realizes a daring plan,
and does what he does...best.
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The trumpet blows -
You cannot hear it...

The angels sing -
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