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Ageless Heart
marching years wear
furrows in our faces,
pits and wan hollows
no denying the traces
our faces look like hell
wrinkles so eerily bold
yet our hearts are kids
that'll never grow old
your skin was like honey
hair smoother than silk
hands, soft and tender
shoulders white as milk
honey and silk no more,
hands crabbed and bent,
shoulders thin and...
Sunday 22nd November 2020 11:12 am
Faces
The side of my face
Gave you a wide berth
And I dropped my gaze
To drop you down to earth
The smile on your face
Revealed you too easily,
my faith fell like a stone
and I stole away quickly.
The tears on her face
Gave way to waves of joy.
Dried up and withering
I became again a little boy
The grin on my face
Gave nothing away of the hidden,
...
Friday 15th May 2020 2:36 pm
Faces
I saw before me faces float
White to black they passed by rote
They mouthed their words, they smiled their smiles
As shadow passed across the dial.
Saw I too their souls aslumber
Each one written with a number
They dreamed their dreams, they made their plans
As trickled through the glass the sands.
Saw I a scavenging lion come
To take their bodies one by one
He roared his roar, he pa...
Sunday 24th November 2019 7:42 pm
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