Gillian Commerford Poems

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11.
Jump

Dying
is the ultimate frontier
if I jump
I'll overcome my fear.
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12.
Waiting To Be Eaten

I remember going with my mother
to the butcher
in the days when the naked carcasses
hung on hooks in the front of the shop
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13.
Everything Was Swept Away

A voice spoke:
'I am God,
there is nothing else.'-
And everything was swept away
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14.
At The Heart Of Everything

At the heart of everything
is a great love and devotion.
It resides in rocks,
pebbles, stones;
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15.
Your Life Is A River

or so they say
that flows to an ocean
at the end of the day.
If you let it go
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16.
The Child Who Follows Me

A have a child who follows me
she'd be pretty
except for her teeth
they're sharp and pointed, piranha-like
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17.
The Kindness Of The Night

I rely on the kindness of the night
more than strangers
it strokes me
with its black velvet paws
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18.
Communication

How difficult communication
when you say one thing
I think you mean another.
Why bother? -
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19.
Everything Lives Within Me

Everything lives within me
as if I had swallowed the whole world-
the universe and everything-
and it lives within me.
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20.
Dressing Myself

My mother fell across the bed
and died
and yet they told me she looked peaceful.
An old lady
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