J.A McManus Poems

Without your precious love
I’d be as empty as a drum
You’re my entire world
My stars, my moon, my sun.
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No one can tell me
Nobody knows
Where the wind comes from
Or where the wind goes
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God’s warm breath caresses my naked neck
Below a hundred streams softly sing
Standing here upon this heavenly place
Makes me feel as mighty as a king.
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What are you trying to sell
But then just give away?
What is it your dreaming of
As the night fades to day?
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If the greatest trick
That the devil ever played
Was to make the world
Believe the lies from his lips
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The sky comes alive
With so many hues
Starbursts of scarlet
Or bright neon blues.
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Is it just me or does time seem
To move faster the older you get?
It almost feels like the world is
Moving too quickly and I must
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Darkness always calling
Clouds gathering
Winds blowing cold
Rains pouring
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My blood-shot eyes blink away existence
Unfamiliar voices roll through my brain
Gravity’s unseen hands pull me to the earth
I find their spell far too charming to fight.
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Little ones never wish
Your young lives away
Live for the here and now,
Remember today.
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