Robert Longley Poems

Don’t look quite so closely
You’ll find that you can’t see
Don’t stare directly at the sun
When you look for signs of me
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Don’t bow to the impatience
Don’t crumble neath the weight
Don’t give into confusion
Or thoughts you’ve had of late
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And so you see the footprints
That end without a trace
No longer will a shadow
Be cast within this place
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It is within the journey
We sometimes walk alone
It sometimes brings us closer
To things that we have known
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So much in the questions
Are issues large and small
It’s all about a process
Of working through them all
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Simple in appearance
Subtle in design
The framework of a friendship
That ages like fine wine
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So now you hold the banner
The chalice and sword
To help those at the boundary
Where all of us move toward
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Walk with me through sunsets
Walk with me through rain
Hold me close on moonlit nights
And shelter me from pain
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All in all it’s not that bad
This thing we call being a dad
You get to see your children grow
And try to teach them things you know
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Tugging at the layers
Peeling towards the core
There’s something at the center
There’s something else in store
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