Michael Kersting

I felt at peace that bright summer day

As I lay in the shade of the big oak tree
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The night was cold and windy.

I heard a loud knocking at my door
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I met her on a ferry crossing
On a bright summer day
She stood at the bow rail
Her flowing hair in disarray
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Feasting on the bodies from the Nuclear blasts.

Those dreadful rats had quite a repast
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2050 A.D.

The war scorched Earth
Once teeming with vibrant life
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Goodbye, goodbye, noisy city

I have had enough of your crowded streets,
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The taxi stood waiting at the curb
As he stood at the front door
hugging his little daughter
“Please don’t go, Daddy! , she cried, tears
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The War! The War!

The Bloody War!
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Farewell, Farewell, noisy city, I have had enough of your crowded streets, pollution and incessant babble.

I shall go into the Woods and build myself a cabin amongst the chirping morning birds and summer flowers.
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When I look into my mother's eyes

I see Love, pure, unselfish Love.
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The Lighthouse stood like a sturdy sentinel
On the windswept hill
Casting it's long, slanting shadow across the
Bright field of yellow daisies
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As I gaze at the sinking sun I send with it all my uncertainties, my fears and my insecurities.

The brilliant colours wash away the daylight and with it all of my fears and problems of the day.
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The mist of sleep
Faded as I was awakened
By the sweet chirping
Of the morning birds
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The light of a new day
Spread it’s wings
Over the proud land
With it’s wide open fields
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Life moves in a circle,

Not a straight line I believe
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As the setting sun melts
Below the golden horizon

The cloak of night,
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The mist of time

Swirled over the misty Earth
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As the evening beams

Of twilight faded into the dark recesses of night
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As I sit on this stump of driftwood
Looking out to sea
I am tired, oh, so tired!
All is nought but desolation.
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The early morning sounds of Nature

Echoed through the rainforest
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