Backup Plan

You’re up boy
He picks up his guitar
Finds his confidence
Draws himself in
To his own world
Of tunes, lyrics and meaning
He stumbles on stage
Appearing frail and clumsy
The crowd, the judges
Wait for his beginning
Wait to be disappointed
Or sucked into his world
Behind stage are his family and friends
Supportive as ever
His fallback when all else fails

Now a boy picks up his boom box
Hides it behind stage
His right hand man
Trusting that it will not fail

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poem by Keiren Ward
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Immortality Has An End

The unfortunate old man
He had fortune and he had life
It was a life without heart
Although it was a heart strongly beating
He wished for an attack
To end his torture

For nothing was left for him
In this lonely world
And for him it was indeed lonely
He had lost everything of meaning
And had gained everything for surviving
They called him the luckiest man alive
But he wasn’t lucky
And he didn’t feel alive

The flashbacks tortured his soul
But not his existence
Memories brought tears
That flowed like the waterfall

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poem by Keiren Ward
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