Barry Middleton Poems

I never could find Miss Right
until one mysterious night
space aliens landed
and I was commanded
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the lessons of life
are mastered by few
it is hard to let injuries go
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I feel it in a shift of the wind
a threat falls on predacious wings

I sense it in a chill in the air
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there is a place where I must go
that's like a book that has no name

you will not find it on the shelf
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history certainly repeats itself
its cycle is vague and mercurial

the stony beast no longer hides
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the statue in the park must come down
it recalls a darker time of war
it is a bitter memory
it blocks forgiveness
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A melody's familiar grace,
transforms the southern breeze,
that rises from the eastern Gulf,
abandoning the Keys.
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the rain can't wash the tears away
they hide behind a wall
where sorrow lurks on stormy days
as wicked torrents fall
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a fateful shadow haunts the night
within my restless sleep
your vanished spirit still remains
in memories that I keep
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Once feared as omen from an angry god,
the sun's eclipse gives cause to celebrate.
With passing time we see all things anew.
The sky is blue; the people congregate.
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