JJ Evendon Poems

If you had sixty seconds what would you do?
Would you take someone in your arms and say 'I love you? '
Read the last page of your favourite book
or, just flick through it, and look?
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The ferocity of wind mixed with lashing rain,
pelts noisily against the large sash window pane.
A tree blows over, makes an awful crashing sound.
Hailstones, the size of cherries, pepper the well sodden ground.
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Outside a car stands all covered in white,
and ice crystals sparkle like diamonds in the moonlight.
Somewhere away from the freezing cold
a fire has been lit that slowly takes hold.
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When I look, I see – for if I cannot, my life would be one of darkness.
But I can, and the path that I follow always leads me to a brighter place.

When I hear, I listen – for if I cannot, the rhythm of life will not be heard.
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The early morning sun lights my room
just before the clock triggers its wake up tune.
Outside I hear birds twitter the arrival of dawn
as I slowly wake, smile then yawn.
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There's a ghost in my fridge I hear a hum.
When I open the door there is no one.
No matter how hard I look
there's nothing there except some food long time cooked.
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Got to keep the engine running - My soul's on fire
Like to see my baby - my one desire
Can't help this feeling it's hard to explain
It hurts my heart it gives me pain
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It’s not fair that I should get up
without having that ‘important’ first cup.
A first cup filled with morning tea.
When I drink it I feel good you see.
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Just because I’ve been hurt
by someone who treated me like dirt
doesn’t mean I’m going to die,
not when I don’t know the reason why.
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Stones standing tall in fields of grass.
An enigma left of a distant past.
Long distances some have travelled,
their mysticism yet to be unravelled.
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