Poetry Blog by David R Mellor
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No Sound
and soon the bombs won’t fall
and soon the bombs will start again
and soon the child will sleep
and soon the child will not sleep again
and soon she will put her arms around her father
and soon she will lay him in the ground
and now the screams of agony from the child
echo back with no sound
Monday 13th January 2020 7:11 am
Nice To Sea You
I am telling the crystal clear water
I am truly sorry…
If I’d have known
You were there
(waiting for me)
I would never have hurt
A speck of me
Instead I folded…
Under the city’s walls
Decaying streets
And people jampacked
With yesterday’s worries
And the future foreboding
If I had known…
I would be sitting with you, now
I would have waited,
Till the ripples of life
Brought me here...
Monday 13th January 2020 7:05 am
The Sun coming through a murky window
The sun coming through a murky window
might not seem like perfection to you …
it may be run of the mill
but to me it spells
no more returning to the cruelty of work
which soaked my skin with anxiety
no more dripping at the bus stop
and waiting …
to be sentenced to death
for not completing this or that form
The sun coming through a murky window
Is a blessing I never saw before
My eyes c...
Monday 13th January 2020 7:01 am
A Threadbare Year
A Threadbare year
Still too hot to touch
Those that were poor
Remain so
Those full of hope
Chocked on feathers
Ballot Boxes
Full of X defeating Y
Why this thread of decency and kindness
Has become a dye
Faded like a hippy t shirt
Folded away neatly
To decay and die
Instead they are puffed up bloated
And the I I I and ‘we’ will make our country great again
No matter how many
Fall by...
Monday 13th January 2020 6:50 am
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