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Lucy Harley Poem
A Broken Heart
Treat me gently as I am still broken
Eclipsed with grief
Will daylight ever infiltrate my life again
I'm struggling to find a rainbow after the rain
Two people entwined for 20 years
Two hearts still bound but one body's disappeared
Treat me gently as I try and climb this mountain so steep
I may seem strong by day but at night I still weep.
Treat me gently as I am still broken
Losing a love so deep that it kissed the molten rock that simmered in its core
I won't let it melt even though it's future is no more
Childhood sweethearts, every lasting memory I have included you
An infinite void is now left
How do I go on with out you
Treat me gently I'm trying to live a normal life
But I'm finding life hard living without my beloved wife
I'm trying to keep on working
But sleep is an untouchable wish
I'm trying to keep on smiling
But my energy has dwindled a bit
I'm trying to keep on fighting but grey shadows the night does weave
Please treat me gently I'm finding it hard to breathe
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She watches with head tipped to the side
The smile on her face spreads wide
Days full of giggles and laughter
If tomorrow never comes this is her happily ever after.
Playful rhymes, singing and dance
Sharing these moments are her new romance
Jumping in puddles, spinning around
Building sand castles she feels so proud
Who needs possessions, money or promotion?
She's got all she needs: family time and devotion
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The human antonym
Buddhist, but maleficent
Losing,but triumphant
Home, but astray
Articulate, but nothing to say
Achieving,but no ambition
Trusting, but full of suspicion
Cold hearted, but devoted
Political, but never voted
Lazy, but overworked
Level headed, but berserk
Lacks talent, but a numen
All of the above- a human
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A Mother's Pride
My life feels complete, as your head rests on my chest so neat
The warmth from your skin so soft
Spreads within me from my toes to my top
Heart beats felt like a ticking clock
No protest if time was to stop
Wrapped in contentment there will never be resentment
My world, my jewels, my dreams
My most precious creation, so pleased.
Love flows from my heart, we've created a work of art
My body fulfilled its purpose
Pain sweat and tears all worth it
Swaddled in this hospital gown
I assure you I will never let you down
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YOGA
A rainbow of energy expels from my core
My soul supported by the earth
Like a hammock
Gentle but safe
Blessed by the power of the universe
Effervescent within
I rise out of my heart
Open to receive
Ingesting all that is around me
Investing all my time in me
To become the best version I can be of me
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You are my church
I am on my knees for you
Bowing my head
I pray I pray I pray for your peace
I throw coins at your pleas for reconstruction
Your congregation look at me with sympathetic eyes
I make sacrifice after sacrifice
Because I have faith
I am your church
You beg for forgiveness
Knowing my doors are always open
You find comfort and shelter
And repent your sins
The familiar scent of incense and woodwork that has withstood centuries of turmoil make you feel immortal
But one more tear of wax from the candle
May finally set this shrine ablaze
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Dark Times
Draining me, dragging me, down into your dungeon
The same black hole that you keep on plunging into
Falling, pulling me down there with you
I can't stop the thoughts that are depleting you
I don't know how to stop you from descending but I can't stop pretending
The black hole is not where I want to be
I have no reason not to be happy
Other than the pull of gravitational force
That the constant negativity has caused
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Like antique china that slips through clumsy fingertips
Shattered into tiny fragments
Unrepairable, unreplaceable
A blameless mistake
It's beauty disintegrates
Never to be appreciated again
By future enthusiasts
Like a daisy tweaked from the vast landscape
Once admired by all that stumbled upon it
Basking in the summer sun
Life dragged from its roots
Crippled at its fragile stem
It will never grow again
Petals float onto a zephyr
Carried away to where distant memories lie
Like A man surrounded by family, promises,
All snatched spontaneously away.
that love that encapsulates him
At first a void remains, as his memory lives on
Until it becomes so vague
It inevitably expires
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Sunday evening
The needle strikes the vinyl and the music haunts my ears
Dads favourite
About a boy called 'Charlie'
A tale of a boy about to lose his father
His mentor
His guide
'What will I be when I'm a man' he asks his dying dad
Tears streaming down my face as dad slides the record back into its sleeve
I am young and have no idea what kind of man my dad is
But I know I don't want to be Charlie
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Incubus
His icy fingers perform a slow staccato on my tense limbs
Enveloped by a deathly chill
Still I lye on the table in this lair
Strapped down
Locked in
Putrid and stale, breath deep
Inhaling my fear with desire
Hearing his feet dragging beside me
Can’t fight him
Won’t win
Of the capture I have no recollection
No fight left in me for how to escape
The monster has hunted victoriously
He has his prey
He will sin
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