Joe Howell Poems

'We few. We happy few. We Band of Brothers.
For those who shed their blood with us today
shall always be our Brothers'
'William Shakespeare'
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wayward words spilling from heated lips
'you did's' floating in and out
'but if', pushing in every now and then
why not just pack up and leave
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Oh Death please come my way
do not tarry nor delay

Unplug this machine, breathing for me
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The other Sunday, I was feeling low,
felt like some where there was more for me.
I knew of a revival, going on at a church
down the road. So I drove down to lift up my soul.
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A glass of wine, and a dozen tears
await me at the end of the day
Now that the pot is broken
life made out of clay
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This darkness
in my
heart
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She carried in her heart,
the fire to start
another affair
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Darkness washes over me, like the evening tide
No one lying beside my-side.

Waves of pain, hurt from where you left
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He came thru the ER
then to our ward.

The police brought him in from the bus station,
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The Lady in the Car
It was snowing really hard
the night I was forced to leave home.
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