It has occured to me

Several times now

That I've never written 

Of my dad

Somewhere between the moment

He saved me from the chaos

And the moment he stopped being my hero

I seemed to have lost access

To the prerequsites

I need to write about any individual

You see?

My dad is four things

A Dragon, A Wolf, A Eagle, A Elk

A Dragon

Speaks from experie...

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1.      Dam

It is a dam

It is going to burst

Holding it for now

But it will burst

Tears will flow

Frustration will surface

Anger hidden away

Only want some peace

No hope, no self-esteem

No confidence

Not my usual self

Clever not dense

The dam will burst

Of that I am sure

Don’t know when

What will open the door

I just want ...

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1.      Sleeping bag

My Inkjet printer
has run out of ink.
My Laptop battery
has run out of juice.

My sunglasses are broken
keep slipping off my nose.
My bus pass is useless
run out of credit again.

My pockets are empty
apart from a hanky and 63p.
The bank account in the red
no hope there then.

Dread the arrival of the postman
never any good news there.
My trainers have...

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1.      Dirt

Staring down at three fresh mounds of soil

Rain running down the collar of my shirt

Tears gently rolling down across my cheeks

As I stare uncomprehending at the dirt

Three lives gone, taken from me forever

Leaving behind, a shell of a man and a mountain of hurt

Lost in my memories and my inner thoughts

Staring blankly at the freshly turned dirt

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1.      Dirt

Staring down at three fresh mounds of soil

Rain running down the collar of my shirt

Tears gently rolling down across my cheeks

As I stare uncomprehending at the dirt

Three lives gone, taken from me forever

Leaving behind, a shell of a man and a mountain of hurt

Lost in my memories and my inner thoughts

Staring blankly at the freshly turned dirt

I s...

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This is where is started for me in 2015 with a smashed up ankle and lots of time to think.  I enjoyed it and still do, but a job would be pretty handy too.  Ho Hum.  Sorry to bore you if you have read it before, just was a good reminder to self....

1.      My Garden

Shall I let you into a secret?

I’ve got fairies at the end of my Garden

Yes, it’s true but Shh! Don’t let anyone know

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1. On a train

Sat on the train

Which is going the wrong way

Away from where I want to be

But no chance that I can stay

Staring, unseeing

Out of the grimy window

Thoughts free-wheeling

Don’t really want to go

But go I must

Despite my heartfelt wishes

Leaving behind those I care for

And not even any parting kisses

Still, life must go on

L...

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1.A Rapturous welcome

I woke up this morning

No tea and toast

Wondered where Dad had gone

Probably shopping, but who knows

Just no sign, none at all.

Put the news on

Purely as a distraction.

Planes have crashed,

Cars have crashed, buses have stopped

The trains keep their usual bad timetable

News off, still no sign of tea or toast

No sign of Dad ei...

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You can look up at a blank sky

Sit in solitude and wonder why

Enjoy the peace, release on your ears

Push away all those obvious fears

The sky is blue with slashes of white

Darkening now, slowly fading light

The end of the day draws near

Lost all that held so dear

The twinkling stars look on down

Almost with a parental frown

Yes, you mes...

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Sorry if this is repeated, website crashed whilst postingL

For now, it’s all I’ve got

Memories of happier times

Now nothing in the pot

Reduced to a wasteful soul

Nothing left to live for

Just got my begging bowl

Stubble adorns my face

Armpits smelling high

Lost the pride and the grace

Sitting with my blanket and dog

Asking if anyone has an...

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Booked us all on a holiday

Take the family away for a while

Yes, of course I had to pay

Even went the extra mile

Get the ferry over to the other side

Relax, have fun lying in the sun

But the ferry’s neither long nor wide

Worrying, but what is done is done

The engine can’t be big enough

Just seem to be drifting along

But it’s quiet, c...

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Why now should the tear roll from my eye

Just when things are looking up

What makes you want to cry

When there appears to be not much of a ‘why’

When things are looking bright

When opportunity looms ahead

Why the fear, the paralysing fright

Inducing the sweat, turning my face white

If money can’t buy happiness

Then having no money buys nothing a...

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Tense, all so taut

Cross, impatient

For no-one else a thought

Dark, not light

Brooding, silent

Muscles cramped so tight

Alone, so Alone

Screaming inside

Love turned to stone

Sadness and sorrow

Such painful disappointment

No light to come tomorrow

Dark, not light

Drowning slowly

Losing the fight

Slipping ...

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He flings himself to the floor

Bullets flashing just over his head

You fling yourself to the floor

At the merest touch of a little finger

When he shoots, he’s trying to drop people to the floor

When you shoot you’re trying to bring people to their feet

He’s lucky if he gets twenty grand a year

You wouldn’t get out of bed for that much a week

H...

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Trapped in these four walls

Wallowing in self-despair

Suffering from my latest falls

Let my mind and body repair

Not a thought for anyone else

Never offering to lend a hand

My mind only focused on myself

Not sure how much more I can withstand

How to move myself forward

How to re-establish respectability

Stop doing the things that are untow...

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I was sat on the pebbly shoreline

A Blue sky punctuated with

The odd slash of painted-on light grey

The shrieking of the circling Seagulls

Mocking me, high above my head

Was looking out at the horizon

Where the light and dark blue meet

In what appears to be an oddly,

Unnaturally, dead-straight line

Way, way far ahead.

Looking at the pebbl...

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Just experimenting.  More like a (very) short story than a poem, but thought you may enjoy (?) it anyway.  Feedback - Good or Bad, is always appreciated.  I'm new to this game.

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Ben and the dog

Ben yawned and patted the cold side of the bed where Mary should have been.  Just empty space and cold cotton now.  Sighing, he swung his legs out of the bed and rubbed ...

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Who are you?

What do you want?

I don’t know you

What’s your name?

There was someone similar to you

Who came by, sometime recently

Where’s my keys?

Have you let the dog in?

What dog? Of course I’ve got a dog

Fifty years?  Pull the other one

If we’d been together that long

Of course I’d remember

Anyway who are you?

What are you d...

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Very experimental....

Don’t let my appearance fool you

Those suitcases under my eyes

I’m like an old sniffer dog

Keeping my nose to the ground

Don’t judge this book by its cover

For inside, you’ll find hidden depths

One day I may just surprise you

For I know the score around here

I’ve been living here for many a year

Long ...

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We’re sitting here united in disbelief

Uncomprehending, can’t hide our grief

Our heads in our hands

Tears rolling quietly down our cheeks

Things will never be the same again

All we can do is share our pain

Sitting quietly, wondering what is to come

Things will have to change from now on

Remembering the good old days

Surrounded in their rosy ...

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