Brian Johnston Poems

I wish I could be clearer too
But when a mirror comes to view
I find reflections blur the tons
Of promises I've yet to keep.
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Words are the colors painted on imagination's canvas,
Even the brightest pigments are black and white without them,
Like motion pictures before Technicolor and 3D,
Like a three dimensional landscape made flat by binoculars,
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Satan sure won't sleep tonight
He's frothing at the mouth,
His head must hurt, his stomach sour,
His diaper full down south.
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The bush in which you hide
Reveals your cowardice,
The wall, behind which you speak,
Testifies against you,
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To always have control,
Live on deserted isle
No one to interrupt your sleep,
No one to ever judge your smile.
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With you here in my life:
All enemies seem far away,
With you here in my life:
No longing have I now to roam,
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The Day After

A haunted wind moans softly through the trees
Its arms aware of new asymmetries,
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Would that our love were constant as the Sun,
Who though He needs his daily rest too,
And slips under the cover of earth's horizon
To find such bliss as He can without us
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Chapter 3: College Preparation

My freshman year started quite smooth
Touch football broke my leg
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To love Physics one just has to care
For the universe heart described there,
Relativity's Laws
Are much like Santa Claus,
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