Fulfilment

When I am dead I want to be
buried without ceremony.
As nourishment to feed a tree
that’s planted in my memory.

I just express the way I feel.
Gravestones are cold have no appeal.
A living tree is much more real
Than any monumental deal

The carcase that I leave behind
bereft of life is deaf and blind
was never me but was designed
to keep my spirit close confined.

Death cut the strings and turned me loose
My spirit now completely free
What’s left is of but little use
except perhaps to feed a tree.

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Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Begone wan ghost what wantest thou.
Why dost thou haunt me constantly
I owe no duty now to thee
I did whilst thou didst live but now
There is no law that doth allow
a long dead wife to harass me.
When kindly death hath set me free.
I suffered thy tongue long enow.

Thou wert a shrew with bitter tongue.
Thou didst not hesitate to use
to make my life a misery.
The choice I made when I was young
led to a lifetime of abuse.
God knows I am well rid of thee.

Sunday,07 February 2010.
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Dog watch

The night is cold and clear and still.
The village streets lie quietly.
A bitter wind adds to the chill.
At home is where I’d rather be.
I have no choice I have to go.
My dog insists I take him out.
He knows he is entitled to
his final evening run about.
Then he will settle for the night.
It matter not rain, hail or snow.
He is correct he has the right
to tell me that its time to go.
He knows the time I must suppose.
What puzzles me is how he knows.

Wednesday,23 December 2009.
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Rising Ritual-Balasi Stanza Poem

I shall greet the day
in my normal way
Rise from my bed and go
as is natural
not unusual
To see the sunrise
with wide open eyes
See the east is aglow

A rich rosy hue
which will turn to blue
as the sun ascends sky
Early morning show
I have come to know.
Throughout the years which fly
very quickly past
Nothing seems to last
But for the sun and sky.

Why it should be so

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First Love

I’ve been around the block a time or two.
Long since; I lost my childish innocence.
For what I lost I gained some recompense.
One of the bitter lessons life has taught.
I loved her: She loved me or so I thought.
Her practiced lies defeated my defence.
I fell because I lacked experience.
I was a toy to her just something new
to play with for a while and then discard.
I was seduced, betrayed and cast aside
to satisfy her selfish vanity.
I learned to cope but found the lesson hard.
So now I view romance suspiciously.

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For amusement only

F

I do not let spam mail annoy
but rather it amuses me
The corny ruses they employ.
Make me laugh hysterically
The tell me that I really need
the services they have to sell.
Then try appealing to my greed
another scam which fails as well
There’s no way that they can succeed.
I enjoy their stupidity
it helps to brighten up my day
Relying on cupidity
of simple fools happy to pay
for doubtful goods of little worth
To me a source of endless mirth.
I know it may seem odd to you
But I enjoy it really do’

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He calls me Honky.

My friend’s as black as ebony
and he delights in teasing me.
He says I am the coloured man
I can’t deny it no one can.
My hair is blond my eyes are blue.
His words are obviously true,
My facial skin is pink and white.
to anyone with normal sight
His eyes, his hair and skin are black
I cannot counter his attack
But he’s my mate so I don’t care
His banter isn’t hard to bear
We’re much the same bar for our skin.
What matters most must lie within.

Monday,16 November 2009
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Cupid is not stupid for M lady Helen unknown

Cupid is not stupid

Love can strike unexpectedly.
When you think you are past romance,
then you find quite suddenly.
Fate’s giving you another chance.
It is not something that you sought,
you have been betrayed in the past
You are not past it as you thought
all of your doubts are overcast.
You are quite sure this time its right,
although you got it wrong before
You future now looks rather bright.
You won’t be lonely any more.
You know now that dreams do come true.
He has just told you he loves you.

11-Feb-08

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A voice crying in the wilderness

Revealed to me exclusively.
Its natures plan to erase man.
No one accepts this prophecy.
They don’t believe that nature can.
Tight close their eyes so they can’t see
the facts parade before their eyes.
Although they will eventually
when they are facing their demise.
We’re living in the latter days.
We have been warned which we ignored
perhaps too late to mend our ways.
So we will reap our just reward.
become extinct like dinosaurs
for disobeying Natures Laws.

25-Jun-08

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End of day thoughts.

The glory of the sunset fades.
The evening sky surrenders to
a nonstop flow of darkest blue.
Which overwhelms the pastel shades.
The evening stars come on parade.
A panorama we can view.
In hopes of seeing something new.
Although the stars we see displayed.
May well have burnt out long ago.
There is no way that we can know.
Which of the stars we think we see.
That twinkle brightly overhead,
are still alive and which are dead
We never will most probably.

Saturday,27 November 2010
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