Joan Marques Poems

He lies asleep in a puddle of water
Too miserable and weak to shift
Ignored by the world around him
Infinitely tired of his drift
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People talk about resolutions for the New Year
And then see their determination swiftly disappear
So, here are some ideas that could mean a lot more
You can attain them much better than the ones before
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Today I don't want to be part
Of anything out there
Count me out today
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If you were a place
You’d be an oasis
With a bracing well
Where I could dwell:
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She was simple, dressed in rags
Adelita Leticia Fortunata
But she had a special gift
That made her everyone’s inamorata
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There’s no mind
That doesn’t ever wander
There’s no sky
That doesn’t ever thunder
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The splinters of our relationship are still evident as the new day dawns
But so are the sparks of a life after us
Alone? Maybe.
But definitely not lonelier than the mismatch that we were.
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She quietly walked through the store
An early twenties' bird
She mumbled that life was a bore
Or maybe a dirtier word
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I have reasons to worry but I don't
In the past I would have - now I won't
The lessons learned in recent years were great
I learned that concern before the time is a useless trait
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Unforgivable is the sense of purposelessness
That awareness sometimes brings
We come - we go
We do what we think we’re destined for
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