Christian Absence Poems

In you my God I trust
I shall never suffer the shame of defeat
My enemies shall never gloat over me
Cause you are my shield and armour
I...

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             "  I talk to God"
      ...

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You look just like your mother my relatives often cry and when they do the words fall upon my ears like knives. 

They say I...

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The Alex Joneses among us

As we are coming up to Christmas, which is a feast 
for the advertisers, and it is impossible turning 
or switching...

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I walk through the cemetery where my dreams and heart have gone,
Among the silent gravestones, shadows linger on.
A somber pilgrimage, where echoes of love reside,
In...

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Future time traveler looks back one century ago

I exhibit health and virility at one hundred and 
64 years astride planet earth, whereby spouse,
(who remained married...

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Once upon a time

In May, in the landscape where I used to live, dainty light green buses appeared, seemed to have no roots, fragile, pure...

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a short memory

There were and still are two airports on the flatland 
outside of our town, therefore many German soldiers 
where stationed here.
Since roads, and...

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Final rocket
An empty box

Tumble drier's
Lonely socks

Rabbit's foot
Now key-ring hangs

Dracula
Retires his fangs

Satellite
Back down to Earth

Millionaire
Rejects his worth

Shoe's lost sole
Beyond repair

Luscious locks
Now absent hair

Tasty cheese
Now furry mould

Fervent...

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I see you
I hear you
You beat in my chest

A new life
You give me
Exceptional rest 

A comfort
Just knowing
Your there in the end 

A pathway
Now straightened 
Removing...

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mercury and sunshine
will see you walking around sunset 
thought you are the ghost 
which 
come to frighten up the children 
how on earth do ghost...

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Life, it ends.
that is the absolute truth about life.
we cannot change it, ever!
scientists may dream and claim otherwise!
but it will and should always end!
the sum...

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The space in-between
Two worlds
When we transition 
From dreamland
To harsh reality
That moment
When you are
Neither here
Nor there
Traversing
The barrier
Crossing 
The line
Stepping in
Stepping out
Over the threshold 
Negotiating the border
The...

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The End of Tomorrow

When you sit alone in your room, enjoying your solitude and someone tells you, this is the time of your life, the...

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Unwrittten
Nocturnal
Wanderings
Reminiscent of
Iconic
Travellers
Traversing
Exuberant
Night where
Absence
Begets
Sullen
Emotions
Never
Carefully
Expressed

SS
18th September 2023
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