Tia Maria Poems

So sorry my friends
I can't make it tonight
If I tell you why
you may give me shyte
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When you think the happy tale is over
as if life itself has come to an end
Another book will fall open
a new message it will send
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We cannot wait, it's a perfect day,
for our inner child to come out & play.
As we open up our hearts it's plain to see
this is our ultimate childhood fantasy
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(The Story behind the Legend is that between 1940 & 1945 three million WW2 personnel sailed through perilous waters to Durban, South Africa, en route to Burma & Mediterranean battlefields. With morale at low ebbs, they were greeted by Perla Siedle Gibson, international concert soprano, singing a welcome to the crowded decks gliding by. She never missed a convoy, not even the one that sailed the day she learned her eldest son had been killed while serving with the black watch in Italy) .

One palm open towards the heavens
The other enfolds a megaphone
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Somehow I knew there would come the day
Like it always does and once again here I stay
Back to my own life, the one I can always rely upon
I can always count on that, when all is said and done
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It still overwhelms me
As I remember that day
He called to meet for coffee
Something he wanted to say
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I dream of returning
to the valley
To my good friends
and fine red wine
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I take a deep breath and begin to pray
I release that breath and think back on today
Every day is getting a little easier
than the day before the week before
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As I lay there just talking to you
And closed my eyes I could feel you too
Your words are like a warm embrace
I could almost feel your fingers trace
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Silent teardrops, roses weep
For the bloom, it could not keep
And as the final petal falls
All that's left, a body of thorns
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