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Best Poems Written by Aly Bahr

Below are the all-time best Aly Bahr poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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Friend

What to me is a friend?
Someone who doesn't pretend
They're true to my face
My faults they embrace
They'll stay with me to the end

They share my joy and pain
Through sunshine and rain
They cry when I'm sad
And laugh when I'm glad
Don't care if I'm timid or vain

So where do I find one of these?
Don't grow on bushes like peas
Right here in you
My friend ever true
We surf life's stormy seas

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Reaching For The stars

When I was young
I wondered why
I couldn't reach up
And touch the sky

I thought I only 
Had to grow tall
Couldn't reach it
'cause I was too small

But then I grew up
And came to understand
The sky wasn't something 
You could touch with your hand

My longing to touch
The stars diminished
And I felt my dream
Was truly finished

But now I find
Since I've grown old
My dreams have changed
No longer raw and bold

The longing wasn't wrong
It was something true
On a different plane
It's what I needed to do

Don't lose your dreams
Whatever they be
I'll tell you a secret
Between you and me

Every dream is needed
To lead to the true
Place in your life
To be truly you

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Another Time, Another Rhyme

Another day, another way
Another year, another tear
Another place, different space
Old book, new look

Old fears, new tears
Look back, different tack
Loose ends, old friends
Say goodbye, heavy sigh

Another pickle, life's fickle
Must fight, no light
Money spent, anger pent
New sun, nothing done

Seeds sown, food grown
Another hour, pretty flower
Birds tweet, so sweet
Cold frost, plants lost

Bent over, search clover
No luck, still stuck
Blue sky, can't fly
Soul bare, I care

Drugged nutter, dirty gutter
Back lane, insane
Hair lank, face blank
Empty mind, chose blind

Find peace, wars cease
Old world, flag furled
Modern world, Brain curled
No room, such gloom

Brain flop, full stop.

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Losing My Grandchild

The swing stands still
The seat is broken
Like my heart
With words unspoken

When other children come to play
I feel like saying "go away"
This swing belongs to a special girl
With lovely blonde hair that tends to curl

She's the girl who's in my heart
But we've been savagely dragged apart
This swing is full of memories
Of happy laughter and melodies

While I pushed you on this swing
Many a joyful song we'd sing
These songs echo in my head
And my heart fills with dread

Are you happy or are you sad?
Is your life good or are things really bad?
I wish I could be there to hug you when you sigh
To hold you close when something makes you cry

To wipe the tears from your lovely face
To bring you back to a happier place
But the system says that's wrong
Only a mother can love that strong

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For the Love of Weather

Thunderous storm
Taking form
Black cloud
Dark shroud
Dogs yowling
Wind howling
Dusty ground 
Swirling round
Grasses curl
Leaves twirl
Trees rustle
People hustle
Animals flee
Kids glee
Umbrellas out
Mothers shout
I stand 
Raised hand
Loving power
Heavenly shower
Lightning flash
Thunder crash
Babies cry
Mothers sigh
Up higher
Tree fire
Go hide
Inside
Watch rain
Through pane
Safe, warm
Raging storm
Passing by
Blue sky

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Come Sit With me

Come over and sit here with me
In the shade of this stately tree
I've made us a pot of herbal tea
We'll relax and watch a bumble bee
Chilling out, just you and me
Stirring our lovely cup of tea
Leave our worries all at sea
For a moment set our minds free

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Lament To Life

You don't know
How deep I go
How low I spiral down
You cannot see
That part of me
That somehow needs to drown

You cannot hear 
My cry of fear
To face another day
You try to care
But I'm not there
I've somehow gone away

Inside my head
Already dead
Numbness my surround
I can't be reached
My mind is breached
Beneath me is no ground

But I can't seem to go
And I don't really know
What keeps me here in pain
And as I come back
The tears make a track
As they pour like heavy rain

To wet my face
As I wonder at grace
That has saved me one more time
What is it holds me here
Though still living in fear
One forward step is mine

What is this I feel
Holds like bands of steel
When my choice is to leave this pain
But something stops me going
Though the wish is ever growing
To never open my eyes again

Too many hard memories
Too many weird remedies
How am I supposed to cope
To get through the day
The only way 
Is to take their chemical dope

So I continue to live
And of myself I give
In the hope that I can change
To somehow help you
And see you through
And halt my own mad derange.

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Facing the Mirror

Who would believe I could be such an age
My life has turned over, page after page
So many seasons have passed me by
I understand the saying "how time doth fly"

I look in the mirror, what do I see?
Some strange old lady looking back at me
It doesn't show what I feel inside
Behind the wrinkles a younger me does hide

So much has happened in those years before
Can't be much left for me in store
The odds say for me , not much time left
When I'm gone will any be bereft?

Will any remember the things I've done
Things of joy and sorrow under the sun
Achievements and losses, highs and lows
Even I can't remember how it all goes

I've been abused and hated, pushed and shoved
Cuddled and kissed, cared for and loved
Experience must be my middle name
I've been through it all, but not to my shame

What happened to me wasn't always my choice
Though sometimes I did follow the wrong voice
But the good and the bad that happened to me
Shaped me into the person you now see

So I look in the mirror at the old face there
And I can't help feeling it's a little unfair
The spirit inside doesn't fit that sight
Though my limbs feel heavy, my heart's still light

My body is clumsy and hard to move
But in my soul my feet still groove
In my mind I dance and run free
But my tired old body won't do it for me

That image in the mirror that now looks old
Was once a young girl, brave and bold
Someone with dreams and deep fears
Someone for whom had not lapsed all these years

Someone who was lively and fair of face
But that youngster had not yet found her place
Ironically that place is here and now
And so this old lady will soon take a bow.

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Our Love Is the Key

I can't break free
 I'm disempowered by the kryptonite
You can't blame me
 circumstances led me where i never wanted to go
And I do agree
 that some choices weren't the brightest at the time
But I need you to see
 there was never anything but love in my actions
I want to let it be
 let it be known that I want this war over
Back to to where you and I was "we"
 stop being separated by the battle lines
Sometimes I want to flee
 the pain just hurts too much to bear
But I see with clarity
 that can never be the answer anyway
And it's not just charity
 there is no future for me but with you
Please hear my plea
 just listen to the words I'm trying to say
I'm down on bended knee
 my back breaking with the weight of this war
And like an old willow tree
 the storm is tearing me apart
I'm hoping that maybe
 you will understand what I'm trying to say
I know it won't be easy
 things won't change overnight you know
Our love is the key
 we have too much to lose if this goes on
So this is my decree
 I will try better to understand you
And I know ti sounds twee
  But I just need you to listen to me
   Because I need to break free
    I hope that you can agree
     One and one makes "we"
       It won't be easy
         our love was always the key.

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Though Not of My Blood, In My Heart

As I sat on the plane, flying through the sky
I knew there would be heartache, but I didn't question why
Together Mike and me, had made this choice
To bring home 3 kids, we obeyed an inner voice

We took this option, though we were rather old
We brought them home, so their story could unfold
We knew it wouldn't be easy, with each damaged little heart
It certainly wasn't breezy, but it was a chance to restart

We gave them freedom and we gave them rules
We gave them love and taught not to be fools
we showed them love of nature, let them dance in the rain
In the hope that it would heal all the damage and the pain

We gave them compassion and we fed them well
Fresh food from the garden, good health they could smell
They learned to care for animals, ducks and chooks
How to milk a cow and a love of reading books

We encouraged being artistic and taught them to be kind
we gave the chance to mend their battered little mind
I'm so proud of these babies as 8 years have gone by
Though I'm often tired and cranky, I still don't question why