Category: Poetry
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Winter’s Past
Now that winter’s last touch is gone, And springs new day nearly here, I can lose my robe of grief, And face all of life once more. I don’t know what day will dawn, Nor if rain clouds or storm, Will set against me now, I do know dark will not recur. Spring will renew […]
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We Both Must Live
I turn and see your face, You are not there. I call to you for an embrace, Only cold is here. I wake in the dark to you, And hear your voice, For that moment I heard you There is only silence. I hear footsteps that echo, In my mind from the past, Shadows on […]
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Winter’s Passing
This morning’s dawn that faded fast Is the twilight of a season past And today’s sunset is itself a dawn That points to a season reborn Cold is that season with no light. And me that slept in it. Now the short day and long night Has passed and me with it.
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Someone Who Knew
You’ve either been there Or knew I’ve been here Though you’ve seen from a distance Somehow you’ve discerned a cadence How could you possibly know Those stormy waves that ebb and flow In spite of fear so rife Are just tides of daily life I never whispered aloud My dread of a falling cloud Yet […]
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The Silence
Part 1 I waited for your word, And no sound came, I waited all in vain, Silence is a shadow. I opened my mouth, And tried to speak, But all my words died, Silenced by the shadow. So I lived mute, Too afraid to speak, My heart withered Silenced by the shadow. Part 2 My […]
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The Unravelled Heart
Not so long ago, I had a silent heart, Still, closed in on itself, set apart, Surrounded, shielded, safe in a seal. Latticed inside with wires of steel. And to reach that ravelled heart, To try and pick those strands apart, Was an impossible, lonely and futile task And my heart’s response : build another […]
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On Wisdom
There was a time, I considered myself wise. But the world made me foolish, so I had to learn. And now I realise through life’s travels, That wisdom is rare and precious indeed. I had to give up the idea, That great wisdom comes with age. Often the wisest I’ve met Are much younger than […]
Andrew James Whalan 