Christmas

We gathered round

And tucked into

Some family

    Misery

(of that there were plenty)

Forgettable presents

Opened and discarded

A carving knife

For the vegetarian

A heavy metal CD

For the soul fan

We pulled crackers

(of which most of them were)

And left everything

Which had to be said

Unspoken

Slowly we crept

B...

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WHILST THE SEA SINGS PRAYERS

I am singing
Whilst the sea 
Collects prayers
Settles to sleep
Unmoved by grief
I am not waiting 
For it to sweep over me

I sleep whilst the
Sea sings prayers

© David R Mellor 2014

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Where our hearts and eyes meet (across the Bosphorus sea)

We cross roads

 and plains

Think we will never

See that face again

That lit up a runaway

Finally shot our heart down

But in the mist of time

I finally found

What was always mine

Just across the Bosphorus sea

That’s where my heart

And ours eyes meet

As gentle as the call to pray...

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We cross roads
and plains
Think we will never
See that face again

That lit up a runway
Finally shot our heart down

But in the mist of time
I finally found
What was always mine 

Just across the Bosphorus sea
That’s where my heart
And our eyes meet 

As gentle as the call to prayer
As gentle as knowing you are there 

Just across the Bosphorus sea
That’s where our hearts
And ...

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And you as hopeless and troubled as I
Hitting the pen and the bottle at the same time 

Snug tight in a valley just touching the sky
Words flowed freely, catching the heron 
and what it means to be alive.

I first met you when the first red pen brushed my soul
Blue and black came unwanted

I was looking for someone
Who had all the colours inside 
and you laid them out before me

spri...

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Take me Home

I’m waiting for the bus
To drive me home
So that I can cry alone

Leaving behind
A beautiful face

One I trace now …
On the …

back of this leather seat 
knowing that there’s nothing that can bring you back 

just….

Waiting….

for the bus…

To drive me home
So that I won’t be alone

With words that we’re though

Ticket collector stares 
at my watery eyes 
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TELL ME, WHO CARES

Tell me who cares
When you’re suffering
Alone in tattered skin

When you lose the plot
And the ground
You’re walking in

Tell me who cares
When you’re suffering
Alone in tattered skin

Gathering pain
Like burnt wheat
Praying one day
Praying one day
You 
Will bump into me 

Tell me who
Cares 
When you’re suffering
Alone
In someone else’s skin

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I really, really

Don’t like ice..

It’s thicker than water

And doesn’t go with the flow

It’s sharp and sticks

Right inside

Because I know..

You’re

Kissing him

David R Mellor 2014

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First Date

As I wait I

I pass through the others

Trying desperately

To wipe the slate clean

Scour  the  memories

Till I’m shiny and clean

But their memory

Is resin

A wine stain on a

Polished floor

She will know I’VE been dragged through

This before

© David R mellor 2014

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Sleep Walking

Who can sleep

When we’re sleep walking into hell

Your neighbour growing

Fascist views

Planting the seeds of a bitter mess

Who can sleep

When we are sleep walking

Into hell

Whose children

Will next be kicked in groin

because they are “foreign and they smell”

Who can sleep

When the pounder is at the door

You may resist

But it’...

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UKIP IF YOU WANT TO

UKIP

If you want to

Into the jaws of hate

Despise those

Walking on your streets

Carrying on with their normal lives

Turn them into monsters

No human blood inside   

UKIP

If you want to

Into the jaws of hate

But don’t  moan …

When they come for you …

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Two, as it were, locked in a room you and me

Only our voices and hands to see
no endless chitter chatter
only our teeth, back biting 

no one at the door
only our bodies to explore
until the hrs. of the day say no more

Two, as it were, locked in a room you and me

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HEART - BROKEN

I THOUGHT I WAS STRONG

NO PUNCH WOULD GET THROUGH

AND THEN I MET YOU..

TOOK OFF THE GLOVES

LET MY HEART AND MY HANDS

COVER YOU

ROLLED WITH THE MOANS

WE LET THE FEATHERS OF LOVE COVER US

I THOUGHT I WAS STRONG

NO PUNCH WOULD GET THROUGH

AND THEN I MET YOU

NEVER SAW THE BODY BLOW

AS YOUR LEFT HAND WENT THROUGH

HIT THE ...

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Little boat….

Love breaks

Like a lovers foam

The wave

    Breaking inside

        Of us

Taking no prisoners

     But our souls

Contented

We take the

Little boat out

Fill it with love…

No doubt

And then

A storm

   Rages

And blackness fills the sky

And our two

    Little lovers

    Have no place

          To...

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Silence Now

And now there’s silence now

No wings above the sky

Waiting in terminal

Turmoil

They wail

As hope

Dies

Frozen for weeks on end

Rocking their loved ones inside

Until they receive the news

The news

The news

But now there is silence now

I hope there are wings of comfort to guide you inside

That the wail will subside

And the cal...

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I FELT LIFE

I feel life

A life that’s gone

So many different

People but I remember no one

Rocking in my chair in a stale room

They’re playing Angels by Robbie Williams

For Christ’s sake just stick me in the ground

I felt life

A life that’s gone

The nurses see tears in my eyes

But each is for a loved  one ,

They  will never know

I’m gone .

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Running and Running

I’m running and running and running

Out of life

Soon to hit 50 not the 4 minute mile

Never got that cosy family

Simple routine

I chose to hit the bend legless

And run past anyone I loved

Running and running and running

Away from life

Words leapt up as saviours

Not my two wives

I chose to take the baton from

Strangers I saw s...

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I  wish I could act cool about this

Go back to when my temperature was just above zero

Without the thought of your kiss

Slip back into a cold case

No need to break the iceberg

But my body shifts to your embrace

I don’t wish to act cool about this

I want to race down platforms

Stumble over words

Let my mind trace over your body

look at you lost for words

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Dragging my Life to School

Dragging my life to school

And knowing…

That

There

Lay

The sum …

Of my suffering

A blackout board

Learning the parts of the body quickly

From blows that went in

Dragging my life from school

And knowing

That

There

Waited

A blow

A plate in the air

And thankfully a knife that didn’t go ...

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