WALK AWAY
His bags were gone
without even a word,
was there something wrong
has anyone heard?
Don't I have the right
to give it one last try?
we had a good relationship
I have never questioned why
Was he just loaned to me
for just a short while,
with his understanding ways
and his ever loving smile
He is really my best friend
he means the world to me,
but if that is what he wants
I will surely set him free
So if you happen to know him
please call me up and tell,
It is important that I know
that he's happy, safe and well
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WIFE
The house is
not empty
you're there in
our bed,
but you're not
with me
like the day
that we wed
when we were
married
we were never
apart,
the words that
you spoke
came straight
from the heart
As time moved on
we watched our
family grow,
we smiled at
their
achievements
but how could I
know
I feel so empty
so alone inside,
the only thing
not missing
are the tears
that I've cried
Don't shut me
out
I am here by
myself,
please remember
the words
in sickness and
in health
Our vows were
not taken
lightly
we made promises
to stay,
I remember our
words
to this very day
Please open your
heart
make me a part
of your life,
I want to be a
friend
as well as your
wife.
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WHERE THE
ROAD LEADS
The smell
was damp and
musky
as I passed thru
the door,
no sign of any
covering
not even a mat
lay upon the
floor
The walls were a
peeling grey
as the plaster
showed its
years,
I glanced on
over to where
she sat
she showed signs
of many tears
Her hands
clasped together
as though a need
for something to
hold,
an old blanket
wrapped around
her
to keep her from
the cold
I couldn't
believe that
this lady
was the same one
from years
before,
who was
everybody's
helper
they always
knocked upon her
door
She lived her
life for other
people
ridding clouds
that made their
eyes rain,
she was the rock
that held their
mountain
the easing of
their suffering
and their pain
Where are all
those people now
to catch her
when she falls,
to shelter her
from darkened
storms
to hear her when
she calls
How could they
up and leave her
alone without a
friend,
all she has is
memories
that will help
her to the end
Then I looked
into the mirror
I did not like
what I saw,
being one of
those that left
her
leaving her
alone and very
poor
to her nothing
was any trouble
but that genuine
smile was now
gone,
as have all
those people
who chose to
move along
I'm just glad I
made this
decision
when I heard of
her troubled
plight,
I can at least
try and help
to do something
to make it right
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WORKING MUM
I looked around
at the mess
wondering where
to begin,
as I collect all
the rubbish
to place in the
bin
I pick up a shoe
that lays all
alone,
the ring in the
distance
I answer the
phone
As I toss the
shoe
into the corner
on the floor,
I sight the
other
right near the
door
I take down the
message
as they think my
time is free,
always it rings
but never for me
The broom in the
closet
comes out for a
sweep,
first gathering
up clothes
that pile in a
heap
The water
trickles out
filling up the
machine,
hoping there's
enough suds
to make the
clothes clean
Wiping away the
crumbs
from a food
laden table,
while the
distant TV
shows a very
young Gable
The cooking of
meals
right though out
the day,
the ear that I
give
to hear what
they say
The band-aids I
adhere
when there's a
hurt knee,
or a trip in the
car
cause I've the
only key
What is the
answer
what do I reply,
I say "I don't
go out to work"
and they want to
know, why!??
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WHEN I WAS YOUNG
When i was young
I believed in love,
I believed I was chosen
from the Lord above.
But as the years
went slowly by,
I was asking questions
I knew not why.
We weren't like Johnny
who lived next door,
who was always laughing
and giving much more.
Children at school
started calling me names,
never inviting me
to play their games
I started to feel insecure
I rebelled at every rule,
I became disobedient,
being kept in after school
I thought I was in need of attention
I couldn't get this from home,
after school I became lonely
so the streets I started to roam
I met up with others like me
they made me feel important,
I started doing things
that I knew that I really shouldn't
I now had my own soap box
I had never felt so high,
I had a place in this world
my own cloud in the sky
From this I was given confidence
I started doing things by choice,
people started to listen
to opinions I would voice
I looked at my horizons
where the roads where about to lead,
I had been given a lot more reasons
and popularity was not my need
They always made me walk in front
so they could watch what I would do,
but all I could see in front of me
was some legs and maybe a shoe
Now I look around at all those children
and in them I see a lot of me,
but they have to learn the hard way
that life is not always free
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WAITING
I write to you
often
but you never
reply,
I know you
receive them
so I am
wondering why
I wrote how I
feel
I know that's
not wrong,
I wrote that I
love you
as I have all
along
Why don't you
answer
when I call or I
phone,
they say you are
busy
when I know
you're alone
How can you not
be hurting
inside,
are you so tough
your feelings
have died
I know you can
rid me
of all my pain,
just call me,
write me
or see me again
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WAVES OF
WATER, WALLS OF
GRIEF
Devastation
and destruction
biggest trauma
of man kind,
Too many
unaccounted for
so many still
yet to find.
The faces of the
innocent
lay dead on the
ground,
Bodies strewn
everywhere
everyday more
are found.
A man weeps for
his dead child
he nurses on his
knee,
This child who
five minutes
before
was happy and
care free.
No family is
complete now
everyone is out
of touch,
Deaths soar over
150,000
to comprehend is
far too much.
Standing around
in thousands
watching the
body count grow,
Were their loved
ones here?
they may never
know.
So many have
lost their
identity
left with only
the clothes on
their back
no survival of
food or water
not even a
shelter of a
shack
Other countries
band together
to keep in touch
of what they can
do,
This is not a
war we're
talking of
it's everyday
people, like me
and you.
26th December
2004
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WAKING DREAMS
I want to wake
up from my dream
to see you
standing there
so the tips of
my fingers
can run through
your hair
I'd hear your
voice so soft
the words you
say to me
I know you want
me with you
and it's where I
want to be
to watch the way
your eyes move
while the lines
of your laughter
show
the many things
I've never seen
but have always
wanted to know
to see how your
lips moved
when they say "I
love you"
to tell by your
expression
that all the
words are true
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WHAT WOULD HE
FIND?
What would He
find if He came
to your house
now?
besides your
weary bones and
an idle plough
while servants
are resting in
there time of
sleep
a charred
fireplace
awaiting kindles
to reap
What would He
find if He came
to your front
door?
sooner or later
He will be
coming for sure,
on the floor is
a bare rug an
oil lamps aglow
would He find
this as a
welcome, or turn
around and go?
Would you know
what He'd find
at your house by
the lake?
with the setting
of the sun or be
it daybreak?
would His seeds
you sowed now be
flowers for free
growing in
beauty, watched
over by Thee?
What if He
entered your
house in times
of strife?
would he find
your post
vacant, and much
wasted life?
would He find
the flock
scattered, left
out in the cold
the once fire of
love in your
hearts grown
old?
What if He
arrived to find
the hours have
flown?
and obvious that
your tasks are
now over grown
settle your
doom, and seal
your fate
Then you awake
and say "it's
never too late"
© abritelite
WE HAVE NEVER
MET
I know we have
never met
nor crossing
each others
path,
We have never
spoken to each
other
nor heard each
other laugh
We even believe
in different
Gods
never to
criticize each
other's way,
we have our own
Christian
beliefs
so in different
ways we pray
But a war has
drawn us
together
we no longer
feel free,
our children are
called to battle
while our
Leaders try to
agree
I know if you're
a parent
your children
are now grown,
like me you had
no idea
how could we
have ever known
When we became
parent's
did we look
twenty years
ahead,
no, we just took
one day at a
time
and at night
tucked them into
bed
So if your a
parent with a
child
one day there
may be a call,
that they are in
need to help
their country
so be proud when
they can give
their all
© abritelite
WELCOMING HANDS
From within my
dreams
the pearly gates
I see,
so shiny and
white
are opened for
me,
I wait for Gods
angels
to find their
way,
for they have
told me
I can no longer
stay,
Visualizing the
flowers
that are there
in full bloom,
their faces with
smiles
light up my
room,
I feel only
warmth,
love, and peace
within,
I have been
forgiven my all,
and for my every
sin,
As I awaken from
the dream
the comfort
within grew,
I will welcome
the hands
at the end of
the queue
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WILL YOU WAIT
FOR ME
As my fingers
brush
through the
strands of your
hair,
an everlasting
fragrance
fills the air
I need the
courage
to ask you to
wait,
for I have been
called
or maybe it was
fate
I keep on waking
my dreams aren't
true,
they told me I'd
always
be here for you
I trail my
fingers
over your soft
silk skin,
my head a jumble
of words
of how I will
begin
You know that I
love you
but I still hold
this fear,
I need to know
that you will
wait for me here
Do I have the
right
to ask you this
or when I leave
will it be with
a goodbye kiss
© abritelite
