I keep asking myself-was it real
The Time that you and I were together
Or was it merely a quirky gambit of Fate
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There was a fragrance in the air.
Always - when you were there.
Now I breathe to seek and find
A whiff recessed deep in my mind.
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Oh Lord, Your Child needs now an heir,
Just one bright star to guide us where
Wise men gather, not mere fools
Content just being the Devil's tools.
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I look at you and I wonder
Do you see what I see?
Do the echoes of my thoughts
Resound in your consciousness?
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AS 70 NEARS
I think it's time to now sit back
And stop searching for another day
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Would I that time and space would cease
And emotions spent from their bond release
This spirit to roam in realms unknown
Light as a star, soft as the breeze
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As the shadows lengthen on the sleeping tree
Nor you nor I know what the morrow'll be,
Bear with me - this verse'll the chapter close
Indulge one last time a poet's fancy.
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My day's done; the night begins
With narry a star in my sky
Of dark clouds and memory's stings
Harkening back to days gone by
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THE WANDERER'S SONG
I've said goodbyes often
When I could still hear,
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A quiet place nestled upon a hill,
A garden, chairs, moods soft and still,
Sat musing, lost, yet somewhat aware,
Of a stray, nagging care.
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You gave me a moment
A moment to savour,
The truths I'd forsaked
Of life's hues and flavour
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In the yard there is a tree
It's been there quite a while
I look at it today
With a quiet, wistful smile.
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When Winter's nights seems dark and never ending
And heavy snows a white glowing mantle cast
And howling winds in frenzy drive
Man and beast to shelter.
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A sight, a sound, an unheard voice,
Remembrance's velvet claws unsheath
An insistent rapping on the
Unsuspecting mind.
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In the lost stillness of night there shone
Again a glimmer - that to me unknown
Was the herald of a morn-born to the dark
Of an eclipsed world - barren and stark.
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Twisted paths lined the woods
Where I once used to walk
There I'd watch people gather
Of an eve just to talk
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I'll tell my tale before I leave,
Love happens - that I do believe
To all of us, when least we dare
The Fate's decide when and where..
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Retired)
If Only…
IF ONLY….
Lord just take my memories away
They wont let me sleep - they ruin my day
Let me be blessed with a baby's mind-
Gazing only ahead —with nothing behind