Barry Middleton Poems

there is a stairway only I can climb
without a light in darkness and alone
although I know that peace is waiting there
beyond a gate that must remain unknown
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I will pretend fear can't exist
for heroes hide in fog and mist

the bloody wars and genocide
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a seraph spoke to me
in riddles to confuse
I was already lost
so she did not amuse
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having found forgiveness I banish guilt
forgiveness being a state of mind
where regret meets consolation
in epiphany
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I want to go back to the getaway shack
hidden away far from the town
and if I could go where the blackwaters flow
I'd wait for the sun to go down
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The comfort of silence is a blessing.
The world is filled with noise.
Voices hiss and prattle
like wind in the pines,
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I hear the rumble of thunder
and I wish it would rain

rain brings life and hope
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desire cannot be overcome
regardless of enlightenment
it can only be survived
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Dawn's music,
secrets,
and the damp air
of early morning,
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All in all, before the fall,
I laughed and had a ball.

And if I stall, well after all,
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