Tag: poem
Rain A-Coming – 25th July 1993
Now the sun has gone
Hid away behind steely grey
The light that beamed
Across the oceans and lands
Replaced by dull dim darkness
The rain is a-coming
The rain starts a-pouring
And my sad heart aches
For the sun again
Waiting For You – 24th July 1993
Tapping my feet, hand poised over the phone
I need to speak to you, tell you to come home
Wanting to say all the things I forgot to say
When you’re here and need to now you’ve gone away
My Desire – 23rd July 1993
There’s a hole in my heart
My desire has left for three days
The intensity of our relationship
Burns brightly as we wait for each other
The emptiness is unbearable
My desire is to be by your side again
So we can stand together
And face the world full-on
25th Aug 2024 – I’m taking a guess at the date and that this is about Bronwyn. I can’t imagine writing that last line when I was with Emma or Cherry but I could be wrong. I do wish I’d dated things that I wrote in the past!
Time – 13th July 1993
Oh sweet gentle time
You tick on by
Restless as the wind, your movement
Forever trudging onward
Breathing life’s soft sigh
You wait for no man it’s said
Your passing is forever
A memory of a moment
Of a second, a thought, a blink of the eye
Is gone in no time
Time is moving on leaving us behind
Now you are my obsession
To catch up, to keep up
To run with the wind
And hold onto you forever
I Wanted – 18th March 1993
I wanted to jump into the lake
Though I had no reasonable explanation
Just to shock or make people ask why
But in the end, I lacked dedication
I wanted to say something to that girl
Who looked so sad as she walked by
But found my words lacking sound
And me unable to catch her eye
Sat In The Park – 10th March 1993
Sun crosses low in the sky
But with enough heat to warm the air
Except for when clouds cover over
And breeze blows hard across the water
A girl feeds the ducks
Lost in her thoughts but here now comfort
Children run around and drop
Their expensive ice creams on the floor
The colleges discuss their theories
At lunchtime or play ball on the grass
And executives take five from their humdrum jobs
And eat their sandwiches, this morning prepared
Dogs run around leaving their mark
Unaware of any dire consequences
And grannies shuffle along with their shopping
Feeling more secure away from the city
All around, the traffic buzzes
Reminding you where you really are
This man-made paradise is a mere diversion
From what waits when you leave
At least people seem happy here
Or come here to think through some advice
When they leave they can take something with them
A reminder of their happiness found
Brave New Beginnings – 5th March 1993
Sun shines down on me
And I realise I am blessed
With all life’s wonder
And each day’s new test
Clouds that pass by
Casting shadows of doubt and fear
Are soon-forgotten reflections
That never held favour here
Each new step taken forward
Opens up numerous avenues to explore
Each avenue searched in time
Makes more possibilities than ever before
Once so easy to frighten
Once easy to quash my ideas
Now I stand proud and enlightened
With knowledge gained from my years
Brave new beginnings around me
From them, I will not turn
Each little twist of destiny
Leaves a lesson for me to learn
1st Jan 2026 – Shared with Esther Chilton’s Writing Prompt 97 – new beginnings
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