Every day I live Is yesterday for me A life half gone – but Yet to begin Every day I live Is tomorrow, newly found A life, renewed to Live without, within Twenty-four hours Passes by Today’s tomorrow now A life I dreamt But never thought Would come Three days ago Was […]
Tag: verse
Black hole
I look over my shoulder, bare To see what lay beyond Sensing what I’d lost What had been and gone Gone before I knew What I’d lost for good Lost in black hole, left behind An object, that I should Have thought of more Have thought to store In memory of kind […]
If only…
If only the sun didn’t carry heat If only winter did not bring snow If only the water lapped at my feet If only I could reap and sow If only I saw the future, told If only I could tell what I had in store If only I lacked regret for days of old If […]
helping hand
A hand reached out in time of need, Rain in time of drought. Fingers interlaced, accede, Bud blooms from planted seed. A hand reached out, come what may, In time of loss, of sorrow. Transfixed, hand in glove. To stay? Or would, once more, in time, away? A hand reached out, no more the poorer […]
i thought
I thought I heard her flap her ears That day when I awoke I thought I heard her by my side That day when I first spoke I thought I felt her lick my face ‘Get up, the day’s begun’ I thought I saw her wag her tail But there was only one I thought […]
Kingdom come
What I’d give to find a Queen For a Kingdom, almost lost Sweet reflection, I have seen Of femininity, embossed Gentle care, emotive strength The sun grows ever stronger Queen or Kingdom, is that my choice? The days grow ever longer Whereupon the sun goes down A Princess now awaiting To relieve the King from […]
Moral Absolution
I felt a pang of enmity In shoulder and in heart A pang that measures friend from foe Who, once loved, now forgot. But enmity and absolution Couldn’t share the thoughts of one A lover with a dagger drawn Spells irony to some To heal, to treat, perambulate Attend to task at hand […]
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