T J Morgan Poems

There's not enough time in this lifetime for us
no time for talk
no time for sleep
The need inside me is an ache
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I see the road, out there in front
twisting and snaking out of sight
I hear the distant footsteps, smell spring on the air
meandering forward, friends join with me
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There was a family that lived down the road from us
Seven kids and two scruffy mongrels
We looked down our noses at them and talked about them a lot
Their front yard was littered with rubbish and scrap cars
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Who are we? in this world, so complex
What gives us the right?
To presume, to judge, to destroy
Who made you King?
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Have you ever wondered why you get born as you?
Why this body, this country, this era?
Does anyone else have the same questions I do?
And who gets to decide?
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You were the hardest one to fool
you knew me inside out
knew my innermost thoughts, hopes, desires
it took some planning
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She lays there, forehead damp,
chestnut hair fanned out,
cheeks flushed,
content smile playing on her lips,
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Its abode was the linen cupboard, in the corner of our room
A lesser known creature, nocturnal and vile
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Slowly and without trace
You imprinted yourself upon my senses
left me reeling
coiling around me, choking out apathy
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When will you arrive?
waiting, not sure for what, or for whom
an absence felt, a yearning known
just knowing
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