William McGehee Poems

Climb on dear friend, reach for that hold
Move past the signs of failing strength.
Now grip tight that cutting fold-
One move up the rocky length.
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This I asked a learned scholar.
“Sir, how can I rise to Honor”.
And such was the master’s reply
“To rise up, live, love, fight, then die”.
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From the beds where the angels keep
Their watch throughout eternity
Upon the world where mortals sleep
The first snowflake falls so gently.
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Peace on Earth? They have that here:
The wreaths, the lights, the gifts, the cheer.
Good will towards man I see as well
It looks the same, as I can tell
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Lazy sunset, lonly train.
Surrounded, but alone in mind.
City scapes and wild planes
And mountains cause the tracks to wind
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Oh baby, I'm asking the question, Why?
Oh baby, where does that heart of yours lie?
It seems like I'm missing the answers you're givin'
It seems like I'm caught in the webs you've been spinning...
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Dear daughter,
Some folks out there may try tell you "no"
Might say "sit still". Might not let you show
The world or all the rest of time
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I wish you could have seen what I have seen,
For us to've walked there hand in hand, by each
And every street and window in between
To gaze at objects just beyond our reach.
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Some times I find myself just...

Sitting here and listening
Writting down and singing hymns.
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The ocean is the bound of the finite and the beginning of the infinite. Oh, man has, for the span of a few milinia, been free upon the waves, but not always so.

Imagine the wonder bestowed upon the first sapian to stumble upon the shore, spear in hand, and gaze into what must have seemed the void.
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