Laurence Overmire Poems

God creates poets
To speak for him
In the divine tongue
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Pain and Happiness, Suffering and Joy

They walk together, arm in arm
Inseparable companions, lovingly engaged
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Thirty years is a long time
Thirty years...
These streets were mine thirty years ago
I knew them all
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Old man sitting on a bench
In the park
At the edge of town.
The paint is peeling
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Old shoes
Broken-soled brothers
Have seen happier days
I remember when I bought them
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I make it my life’s work
To feel
I make it hard to live
In denial
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Suddenly

Life wasn't trivial anymore
People began to mean what they say
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Life
when viewed through the prism of Death

Appears
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I am. Today. At last.
A new me
Opens his eyes
The first light of morning breaks
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I am caught in time
in a timeless place
no borders, no boundaries
just psychological bolts
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