Elia Michael Poems

I do not want the night to end
Let moon and stars forever shine
And help my damaged heart to mend
Diminishing this grief of mine
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You dominate the landscape far around,
Acropolis, with temples gleaming white,
Reflecting sunlight down from up the mound,
You sit atop a fortress shining bright.
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It is often thought that the Trojan War
Began when Paris and Helen eloped
And in a sense that is true, but there's more
It really started when goddess Strife hoped
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I want the night to end
Let Dawn awake and rise
I want the sun to send
Its light to greet my eyes
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Remember those beautiful days?
It was some years ago we went
To Maritsa and Tony Kay's
Astonishing wedding event
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There is a shore which they call Pervola
I walked along it on an autumn day
I passed a structure like a pagoda
Of rusty iron and so much decay
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I saw a jewel many years ago,
Its image I often see in my mind,
A multi-faceted gem which would throw
The light in flashes, sparks of fiery kind.
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A golden sandy shore that stretched for miles
which hides this city giving it its name,
but now it grimaces instead of smiles
and rats and ghosts alone live there and claim
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I do not try to love you, I just do,
It is so easy, like inhaling breath,
As natural and life-sustaining too,
It nurtures my soul to its very depth.
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O look what they have done to you!
You have lost your old-fashioned charm
And your beautiful unspoilt view.
My friend, they have done you much harm.
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