Poetry
Innocence
When you are brought forth Life is yet to be lived A future unsullied A clean slate is your gift You look for wonder Love, peace But in its stead You are incomplete You are surrounded By anger Pain, fear What is this soulless jeer? What have I done? Is fault with me? You shrink…
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Where did you go? When life was foresworn Where are you now? I feel so forlorn When all is done Where will you be? Don’t you know how much? You mean to me When the light moves to shadow Do I need to follow? I cry so hard I can no longer swallow Broken and…
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Here I sit on the soft settee Holding a black cushion on my knee Embroidered is a picture Of the Sydney Harbour Bridge There is more than one They are all in gold trim I exhale and relax Lay back my head Listen to the wireless Play its merry tunes There are some upbeat Some…
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Tiredness hits at the end of the day, Funny I was tired like this yesterday, Tummy rumbles is it hunger calling, Yes it is I can feel hunger gnawing, I begin to cook a wonderful stew, But all of a sudden I think I’ll spew, The smell is horrible more than I can bear, Oh…
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How I have lost How could I win? When it was never Mine to begin How can souls So grievously take When all you wanted Was to save All is mine Mine is yours But all you gave A dagger with thorns My blood flows freely Pools and is scorned What wrong did I do?…
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