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Light House Keeper

As I stand awake
And gaze upon the sea
And the sea in turn 
Looks back upon me 

I look out over 
And see the moonlight glisten
I slowly shut my eyes 
And very closely listen

The waves crash hard 
Upon the rocky shore
I see ships light
And I set the siren to roar

The winds blow in hard 
And I know death is near
The sadness of a lonesome
 Lighthouse keeper is clear

As the winds blow in so fierce
The seas men must act wise and swift
They pull themselves to action
Working hard to keep the ship adrift

The winds blow in strong
As the ship crashes a-shore
The crew scrambles desperately
To survive this dreadful score

For the lighthouse keeper well knowing
His assignment fully now strives
To set out an alert in hopes
Of rescuing these lives

Now as daylight approaches
The search will reveal
There’s no ship to be found
And no bodies to prevail


Written by Neil Ofarrell and Skyler Dawn

Copyright © Neil Ofarrell | Year Posted 2012



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Buttons and Things

Oh why oh why
Do my buttons always break and fly?
I do not know
For my belly just seems to grow and grow

I try to stipend 
The grownth from within 
But my hunger it swells 
And my will grows thin

My buttons they seem
So weak and frail
But I wonder if they 
The problem entail

My waistline it stretches 
And my clothes grow tighter 
The harder I squeeze
My face grows whiter

These buttons they seem 
To have a mind of their own 
They fly off at will
And constantly must be resewn

A frustrating matter
This seemingly becomes
As I sit here befuzzled 
And  twiddle my thumbs

Unending discomfort 
In my trousers abound
I've searched for the answer 
But none's to be found

This Poem was a lovely Joint effort with my beautiful friend Skyler Dawn. We had fun making it, hope you enjoy it! :)

Copyright © Neil Ofarrell | Year Posted 2012

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Circles

Back in the day
When I was a teenager
I tried so hard
To live for the future

But now that I'm older
I look back and I realize
That the stories of our life
Just pass us by

All the things
That I used to know
Were all so beautiful
Before they go

As time changes
It brings new trends
But the future always
Goes back to them

Copyright © Neil Ofarrell | Year Posted 2012


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