Terry Donovan Poems

Even though
They were clean,
He put them in the washing machine.
No longer frowned
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The journey is unnecessary
But getting there, a must.
Don't rely on anyone
But give them all your trust
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I hate it when we have to say goodbye
And I must turn and leave you once again.
The hours always pass so slowly by,
The sand falls through the hour-glass grain by grain.
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Ever since you went away,
last thing at night I lie and pray,
And think of you somewhere afar
And ask the angels how you are.
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Whatever the weather
The days are grey
And go on forever
The same old way
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To know that someone loves you,
To know you have a friend,
To know that there's a pot of gold
At every rainbow's end.
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Each Sunday I would go to church.
I found it hard to pray,
I'd sit and wonder why the Lord
Had taken him away.
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They sold haikus at the market,
Two pounds each or three for five,
(They'd been freshly picked that morning
But were barely still alive) .
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I went into the chemists,
I was young and very shy.
He asked me what I wanted;
Couldn't look him in the eye.
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Another tear
falls in my beer
as I sit here
and sigh oh dear
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