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Richard Childs Poem
She
A prison of love's enduring embrace
I taste her lips, I see her face
And span the gulf of space and time
to the Spring of Joy when she was mine.
The Thief of Time's measured grain of sand
Bound by Destiny's design and plan
Her path led her away from me
The one who will always remain...she
And now Winter's Wind claims dwindling days
My time ascribed on clouds and haze
And in my heart a love will always be
The one I love, that one is she.
I wrote this after reconnecting with my first love.....that spans 50 years
Copyright © Richard Childs | Year Posted 2016
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Richard Childs Poem
In the menacing darkness of nowhere
Along the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
A shadow waits impatiently for
A crying light that never beams
Within the sreaming Wall of Silence
Where muted echo is forever more
And a poet's song goes unheard
By the sound of tears left upon the floor
The ties that bind can tear you apart
Retreating to the nether world of dreams
A forsaken place where I do dwell
For nothing is what it ever seems
Copyright © Richard Childs | Year Posted 2016
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Richard Childs Poem
When I saw Richard last
Sailing the Winds of Change
His mainsail unfluraled by Whisper
With a Siren's song in range
The melody sweet like wine
Of love's long lost refrain
While the Saint danced upon the rigging
His face full of Neptune's Reign
A voyage is filled with peril
Each league and nautical mile
A journey of self discovery
Etched upon a dolphin's smile
The voyage nears it's destination
The vessel hull splintered wood
A question posed unanswered
Did he do all he could?
Copyright © Richard Childs | Year Posted 2016
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Richard Childs Poem
If I Go Before Farewell
I was the harvest of the black hooded Specter of Death
Caught by surprise He stole my last breath
His Scythe cut me down mechanically with dispassion
My heart lost it's rhythm, my color became ashen
As I was turning to dust,my eyes had gone blind
Just another Marcher in the Parade of Mankind
I raced in the sunlight as a golden child
I sang and I laughed but mostly I smiled
And then walked as a man with prowess and pride
Only to wrinkle and gray and finally died
And freed of my earthly bonds forever
To live in the region, the region of Never
The sun shall kiss these cheeks no more
The river my companion as I rest on Wye Shore
I leave without regret as I had a good run
I did things my way, I beat my own drum
The mysteries of life no longer in doubt
Now I know what the the meaning of life is about.
It's about friends and children and the woman I love
It's about music and poetry and the good Lord above
It took a lifetime to realize the best is simple and plain
My woman's beautiful face and the smell after it rains
Good food and wine the setting sun in the sky
The laughter of your children and a new baby's cry
The touch of her hand and the perfume of her hair
The taste of her lips , her serene face while in prayer
Her purity of Soul, the charity of Heart
The soft touch of her hand and the depth of her smart
All these pleasures in life along with the pain
Will pass into Eternity as tears in the rain
And to my friends I thank for sharing your time
I loved you all, you were all sublime
And now to the Ages is where I presently dwell
This is my destination before bidding farewell
Copyright © Richard Childs | Year Posted 2017
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