Alan Strand

Death stalks the skid road walks:
Come see the lonely shadows shuffle,
Enslaved by the thorny prospect
Of powdered lies viewed in vacant eyes:
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Let me gently hold you
As you fall deep asleep
Stroking you to Dreamland
So nightmares will not creep.
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If I could be just like this
I’d be O.K.
No sadness at night time
No darkness in the day.
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She goes down so slowly
That magnificent golden little ball,
Slipping silently and reluctantly
Below the misty distant hills.
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I am afraid of Love
For when she stares me in the eye
I freeze, I fight to breathe
As I drown in a sea of uncertainties.
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From the moment we split
The chill of a cold Norse wind
Set upon the back of my neck
Hinting of summer’s all too quick passing.
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Rain drops die-
A passive pitter-pattering of death
On my dark windshield.
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Tears for April
A child full of hope
Made some bad choices
All leading to dope
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Our ships lie here in anchor
We have a certain quest,
Love is our precious cargo
We’ll put it to the test.
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Take my hand and let me go
To the inner world
Where darkness and obscurity flow.
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I never noticed before that I missed
So much of the boundless beauty
That was laid out at my feet
Like a royal tapestry
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Watery cocoons
Save themselves from fleeting deaths…
Floating down to die
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Come back my Love
For cloudy skies grey
And bright leaves fall
When I reach into the night
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What’s a Dad to do
When he has a girl like you
Tugging on his pants
And heart at the same time
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The water in the placid bay
Is but a black mirror
Reflecting a miscellany
Of Christmas and street lights
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We are honoured to be
in your circle of friends,
To witness your promise
to share Love’s dividends.
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Get off my heart
Heavy stone of pain,
Let my spirit
Rise from the dead
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Shimmer at me, shore lights,
Dance on the water
At the will of the wind
That gently breathes on me
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Love is like a new word learned
For it pops up everywhere
While I stroll alone
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I rest my weary head,
Drooping my tired eyes down
As I drift softly away
Into the silky darkness
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