Valerie Dohren Poems

Upon the glow of evening mist
Beneath the darkened sky
Whilst gazing at the moonlight pale
I heard the night birds cry
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The world is full of rubbish
I see it all around
Strewn along the pavements
And scattered ‘cross the ground
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Gladly will my heart surrender
At the closing of the day
When my eyes shall rest in slumber
Chasing sorrows fast away
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What moves behind those darkling eyes
What memories concealed -
What shadows drift within their gaze
What visions unrevealed
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What becomes of love that falters
Skies that turn from blue to grey
Tenderness which coldness alters
Eyes then sadly turn away
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They fly beneath the cotton clouds
With plumage virgin white
As angels spread their beauteous wings
To bear them on their flight
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Our love came in the gentle Spring,
So sweet and fresh and true -
When we were young and unafraid,
And all was clear and new.
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Oh sir, I’m just a woman
How could I understand
For you are set above me
So tall and proud and grand
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Looking down through misty spheres
To visit wondrous lands
Hewn through time, through endless years,
Green fields and golden sands
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I dreamed of love
but not like this –

a silent heart
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