Missing My Daughter Poems

The t.v. series,
A Little Princess,
reminds me
of my dad's gift
of a dark-haired
porcelain doll...

...I gave away
to compensate
for feeling spoiled
--that I begged
for her at all

Being a generous
gift-giver was...

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I’m not sure what to get you this year, Mum.
It’s so unprecedented.
I’d usually opt for chocolates or wine,
Or a candle maybe, that’s scented.

Do you remember...

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Back fifty-three long years ago, she left;
my Mom- at the young age of fifty-five.
Yet, she is always with me every day;
my heart and memories keep...

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Drink the poison from my blood, breathe the rot from my lungs.
Take all that has been decaying inside me and nurse it to health like...

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He guides her hand from just beyond
With a ready black ink pen they share this bond
The words flow effortlessly as if not her own
Seems to...

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Off to The Bookies

I’m off to the bookies
To lay down a bet
Of when I will receive
A text from you next
I reckon February
A courtesy ‘hi’
Happy birthday...

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she wished cancer would disappear
wished her missing daughter would be found
wished she had spent more time with her before she disappeared
maybe the dandelion froth would...

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                    12/7/2023

  No more am...

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Missing


I’m not being nosey,
I just want to know where to start looking for your body,
when you don’t come home.


By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

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So keen to get it right
Desperate to stop the cycle
I gave you love, trust and freedom
Used to turn away from the light

The lies never showed...

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I am now "away from the noise,"  
my fruit gum I am chewing.  
Sitting here wondering what the boys,  
could be doing.  

 
 
Now all unpacked,  
a book I...

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As the sun slowly fades it’s dimming light 
Pain takes hold and consumes the night.
A mind haunted by what’s to come,
Losing my strength, I start...

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Was I never enough or was I always too much? 
Or was I just right there missing your touch?
How could you break it through
Life gave...

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oh dearest mother
I am so lonely tonight
I am missing you

outside stars twinkle
with dreams of gone yesteryears
but you’re still with me

the memories come
we share life's moments...

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