Gerard Taylor Poems

The freedom soaks into my skin,
as I drift off to a place I have already dreamt I have been

Resting my weary bones,
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Once so near yet so far, a river to cross,
i see were you are.
Your shadows reflect my whispering past,
These ripples, these stones
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A fly getting busy around my ashtray,
Getting dizzy on my smoke
Lands with a smash bang, as the little creature chokes
In the middle of my ashtray, getting high on nicotine
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I have seen your act before as I watch you entertain.
Once again your friends applaud you, I lose myself from within the crowd I abstain.
I see right through you, you dont see me at all do you.
I imitated you as a child, but you denied me
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these eyes of mine
A lens of time
Reflects my soul
This mind entwined
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2.oclock in the afternoon the day for her had come to soon
As I anticipated that time coming around again,
For her to reach into the medication pot, like nothing else mattered.
A analyst in her own right, studying the chemical substances she
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Words
They don`t belong to anyone, not you or me
Words
Come easy and free
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October I will remember - November and December,
January I guess I`m on sale, I will just be standing
here kinda pale.
I see you all pass me by, am here reaching out,
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Your self importance means so much to you
You talk yourself out of touch you do
You over criticise when your own ego is hurt
You hide behide your tie and shirt
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You hand me your resignation and tell me that you are done
As you try to assure me that everything will be alright,
Because you have a plan, while you leave me standing here,
In the burning sun. And all I can do is watch you walk,
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