Derek McCasland Poems

Hello, my old friend,
Has it only been a year?
It seems as though forever
Since we have had you here.
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A Walk in the Garden...
Just you and me,
Respite from our burdens,
Enraptured with thee...
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Oh Lady show me
Show me how to lie,
Tell me to regroup,
And make another try.
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Surrealistic mist,
Wafting through my mind,
Searching for a dream,
That's impossible to find.
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It's too late,
Too late for you.
I'm fed up,
And now I'm through.
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Waves slowly crashing,
Crashing into me,
Breaking 'long the shore
Of my fading memory.
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Well, I just heard the thunder roar,
But I did not see the lightning;
Looking up to darkened clouds.
The bitter wind is biting.
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Awoke this 'morn
To find I'd been born;
Innocence broken
And oh so forlorn.
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Memories and shadows,
Fill this empty place,
Which once was filled with joy;
Now gone without a trace.
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Flames...
The red-orange glow of peace;
Reprieve; solace;
Stillness in the shadows
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