Tag: Poetry
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Locked Down
Each step melts the ice more thinly Yet to stop is to slip and certainly fall in Each pulse’s drop of blood slows to freeze And vein and artery strains for release.. Every morning I wake and the test rebegins Every word even each thought chosen carefully Every gesture subdued all feelings hidden Every action…
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Sunset
Street colours fading twilight spattering the view ahead while my head traffic bound weaved left and right dodging maybe grey-faded kangaroos lurking in the dusk light While your eyes lit by sunlight looked westward . Stop the car Daddy, you said. We watched together both transfixed. As oils mixed and swirled A paint knife wielded…
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Lovers and Children
The best thing, I said wisely is to never them out of your sight Number each breath, total each heartbeat Record every word, snap shot each second. Hold them tightly capture each moment Assure them to never go outside Ensure they can never be stolen And given unfettered to another. But time’s soft silken strands…