Poems

      

A few poems I wrote recently:

Secret Dreams:  

                                               

Through the corridor - dark -  long,

Doors on either side,

Each one asking to be opened

Hand on handle, gently press,

Push open - only a little.

Is there treasure to be found inside?

No, darkness has only shadows,

A chill recalling

Cobwebs falling,

Can’t stay here, bleak memories,

Try more doors

Every room the same, until, a seed of promise,

Light creeps from under one door

Slowly, hope edges forward, enters,

Looking for joy that once it knew.

Brightness reveals

 Secret dreams, unmasked,

Long hidden - radiant still.

Have you Cancelled Tomorrow?

You walk with your buggy,

The same every day,

Past the clock tower to the supermarket

Neighbours wonder  - How do you manage

On your own with your precious gift,

Fair, like you, 

You,  still a babe yourself - 15 maybe?

 With your bag of shopping tied to your buggy,

You return, linger in the park

Sit on the swing with baby on knee, singing.

Have you no other waiting for you?

Have you cancelled your own tomorrow,

Given up your secret dreams,

Or postponed them, for now?

Homeless?

Outside the bank,

Head bent, unshaven, saggy, shabby, you slump

Skin a jaundice colour, hair matted,-grey- greasy.

How long do you wait

What do you think

Where do you call home?

People throw money into the cup at your feet,

As they look the other way.

Do you ever lift your head into the air,

Breathe the joy of the new day?

What misfortune placed you here today.

Maybe once, you had a wife, a profession,

Children maybe, who no longer know you,

And dreams of a future,

What is your secret?

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Hope you liked the poems.