Poetry Blog by Twilbury Wist
(This is NOT about the virus)- We
We’ll get there
One way or another
And we’ll learn
Along the way
And
we won’t forget
What it felt like
We won’t do this
To other people
We will learn
And we will
Remember
And when
We’re
HERE
Again
Passing ourselves
On the way back
We’ll think
A little more carefully
Behave
A little more responsibly
And help ...
Thursday 14th May 2020 11:24 pm
The Prisoner
I feel
Like I’m wearing
A suit
Sometimes
Like my hands are
Gloves
Like my skin is
cloth
And I want
Only
To peel it all
Off
Reveal
The blood
The sinews
The muscle
The fat
The bones
Because
That’s what
We are
After all
And maybe
All we can hope
Is
To not be seen
As
A blubbering mess
On th...
Friday 1st May 2020 11:22 pm
The Fairy’s Tale
There is a place
Where the stories
are real
And their tellers
Are not
Where the dreamers
Lay awake
And the lovers
Wrap and unwrap
Like beautifully crumpled
Unwanted presents
Where people
can fly
And animals
can talk
Where the flowers and trees
Cry
At the loss of their leaves
And the snapping of
Their branches
Where th...
Tuesday 28th April 2020 11:52 pm
Bubbles of speech
Sometimes
You don’t realise
It is you
Who talks
Or doesn’t talk
Never me
And when
That
Silence
Echoes between us
It is
Your
Silence
Not mine
For I
Never
Spoke
In the first
Place
And so
You look at me
With those tired
Eyes
And listen
Expectantly
For words
Which I could never
Speak
For it is...
Friday 24th April 2020 9:23 am
These times
These times
Are hard
And tonight
I’m tired
We have to
Make decisions
Think
On our feet
Roll out the
Carpet
And walk on it
With our footprints
Mapping out
Our future
Before we can
See it
Though
Our
Footsteps
Echo
Forwards
Determining
Which way
We go next
The easy
Option
Is to drink
Drink again
Dr...
Thursday 2nd April 2020 11:09 pm
Mechanics
Everything in life
Has its place
Every person in life
Have their time
Don't hold on
When you should
Let go
Don't let go
When you should
Hold on
Don't panic
And fight battles
Which don't yet exist
Don't be defeated
By wars
That others believe
They have already won
Don't turn the fields
Of glorious destiny
Into battle grounds
Of failed misery
And remember always
That be...
Sunday 12th January 2020 7:48 am
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