A Poets Bench
Contents
- Sitting with an Angel
- Sessile Shore
- Our Playground
- Tell me where your heart is
- Before I die
- The Day:
- Holding on
- Swimming in the lake
- A Summer's Day
- The Fall
- 3 Way Path
- Paranoid
- Bookcase
- My Energy Source
- Vast
- Bench
- I too, love you
- Outside
- Tree
- Photograph to adore
- Stop & Think
- Through the grass
- Every spare moment to worry
- To reminisce
- I/we drink
- Who I am
- I fell in love
- Everyday
- One Wonders
- Export me
- Invalid
- Faster Heart
- Map
1. SITTING WITH AN ANGEL
As we sit under the tree on the green grass
My little angel sits upon my crossed legs
She’s fascinated by the flowers that surround us
We pluck a couple so she can see them more closely
Her babbling voice describes the flowers she points at
No one know what she’s saying other than her
But there is no care as it is beautiful to hear
As we sit the breeze picks up
Shuffling a few leaves from one place to another
This is natural
Our surroundings
Our time together
We could sit here for hours
Staring out at the world ahead
Picking, talking to flowers
Laughing out loud from tickles and peek-a-boo!
So loud the wind takes our laughter beyond the trees
Sharing the joy that is alive within us
The laughter must have travelled far
More young voices appear from the woods
Time to let the angel play
They’ll be other times when we sit and enjoy
As she runs to play
The breeze picks up once again
The grass is a great place to rest
While the world keeps spinning
And the young voices play.
2. SESSILE SHORE
The sessile shore
With nothing more
Than some Fucus Vesiculosus
To cover the shore
In our world
We may see the creatures
Living within the seaweed
As extraterrestrial
With their strange looks
And often slimy texture
But that is to us
To the creatures this is the norm
The sessile shore
Forever changing with the ebb of the tide
Forever showing us new creatures
Open your mind to a whole new world
The sessile shore may not be so
Sessile
But it is a strange world
We can get lost in
Find new worlds to live in
Imagine we are a part of it
The sessile shore
Not so sessile
With more to explore
Than your mind could ever imagine.
3. OUR PLAYGROUND
Through the trees
Into the widest part of the plane
Room to run freely
The trees surround us all
Standing tall above our heads
The sun beams down
The world is our playground
Come and play
We have one life to live
Run through the trees with me
Let’s run freely together.
4. TELL ME WHERE YOUR HEART IS
Tell me where your heart is
So I can I join you
If it’s lost
I will find it
If it needs help
I will help
Tell me where your heart is
Because mine is next to yours
The only way I will be able to find it
If you tell me where to be
If you are far away
I will travel to see you
If you are stranded
I will save you
Tell me where your heart is
Because I know my heart is with you.
5. BEFORE I DIE
Before I die
I will hold you
Hug you
Tell you how I feel
Why I feel
This way
And no other way
Before I die
I will spend the night
Talking to you
Living my life with you
Just for one night
Before I die
I’ll watch the sunrise
With you next to me
Before I die
I will miss you
Tell you
I love you
Before I die
I will make sure
You are happy.
6. THE DAY:
I wake up
I travel to see you
I talk to you for hours
I hug you
I kiss you
I leave you in a perfect moment.
The actual day:
I wake up,
I see you,
We talk,
I leave you.
7. HOLDING ON
Hanging on for life
To the edge with no grip
The fingers tire
The mind drained of will power
How much longer before the fall?
8. SWIMMING IN THE LAKE
Swimming in the lake
The water clear as the blue sky
Our feet touch
Interlocking toes for balance
The water is cool
But not too cold on a summer's day
We find a shallow shelf
Where the current is slow
We wave our hands to steady ourselves
For our feet still touch
This is the moment I have dreamt of
You and I
Swimming in the lake
We take a break
Holding hands
We laugh that echoes around
I’m never letting go
Of this memory
Or you.
9. A SUMMER'S DAY
A summer's day
Is all it takes
For me to shine
Just like the sky
My heart opens up
The warmth is let out
Like the sun
Coming from behind the clouds
A summer's day
Warms the heart.
10. THE FALL
It’s not the fall that hurts you
It’s the sudden stop at the end of it
You can free fall all you like
Without a shadow of a doubt
Yet as the stop approaches
Nothing can prepare you
For what is about to happen
The fall does not hurt
It’s a brief time to think
Of what is about to happen
What has happened
When we stop
After the fall
How long does it hurt for?
11. 3 WAY PATH
Here lies a problem
A path with 3 routes:
• As I am,
• You,
• Unknown
Which way do I go?
Are they even real paths?
Only one way to find out
Walk them all
See what is good
And turn away from the bad.
12. PARANOID
I’m not paranoid of failing
as I have already failed.
13. BOOKCASE
Don’t think of me being the same
We’re on different page’s
Even different shelves
Different volumes on the bookcase
But this doesn’t stop me being your perfect companion
On a long journey
Or even for reference
Quote me if you wish
Once you have finished
Just put me on a shelf closer to you
I’d appreciate the company.
14. MY ENERGY SOURCE
You make me feel alive
Like no one else
You are the push I need
The power to my soul
The wind to my sail
You get the idea.
15. VAST
From outer Space
To inner Earth
There is no one like you
The world / universe is vast
More so than you ever think
At times incomprehensible
From the core of my heart
To the very core of my soul
To outer places that I can only dream of
There is no one like you.
16. BENCH
as I sit on the bench
I await for you to arrive
there is only one other beauty
I can enjoy this beautiful view with
I still not need to look far
for a beautiful view.
17. I TOO, LOVE YOU
I too, love you
words do not describe this feeling
only my actions will ever show
how and why you mean so much
my actions will speak louder than words
than words could ever be
yet my words are forever written
and nothing can ever change that.
18. OUTSIDE
finally! at Last!
outside in nature
writing!
I write about nature
I may as well be here.
19. TREE
if I were a tree
I would be your branch
to support
hold you
stretch out in the wind
with each day
I grow stronger
to be with you
strengthening the branch
to support you
to keep you safe.
20. PHOTOGRAPH TO ADORE
every picture I see of you
I just adore!
no matter where it was taken
by who
or even if it’s perceived as unflattering
I will adore it
because it is of you.
21. STOP & THINK
for the first time
in a long time
I’ve had the chance to stop and think
and I still think the same
the same about you.
22. THROUGH THE GRASS
through the grass I expect you to run towards me
arms held out
open
ready
ready to embrace
yet the wind blows
and the grass shakes
there is no sign of you
I’ll wait
if that is what it takes.
23. EVERY SPARE MOMENT TO WORRY
I cannot spare a moment
every thought I have
is with regards to you
the worries you have
are my worries too.
24. TO REMINISCE
Bringing up the past again
It’s gone, it’s gone
Don’t ever think it’s going to change
What’s done is done
How many more times
To reminisce
About the same thing
Over and over again
We all have our moments
Of reflection
Of times had.
25. I/WE DRINK
I/we drink to forget
but somehow it doesn’t get forgotten
the pain
the reason one drink is never enough
I/we drink to forget the problems
Still the problems do not get solved
The answer seems so clear
I/we drink after a few
It all seems far away
The pain has now become dull
A distant memory from which we are free from
I/we drink to forget
Yet the next time we awake
The pain is more, if not added to
With a head full of pain
And the need for water
We remember why we are like this
I/we drink to forget what?
26. WHO I AM
You make me who I am
What I write
How I think
And why I think
Why I think the way I do.
27. I FELL IN LOVE
I fell in love
It was all I had
To get me through the day
But there was no return
My heart has gone away
I fell in love.
28. EVERY DAY
Every day is a new start
That’s what I say to myself each day.
29. ONE WONDERS
One wonders if the heart is ever worth putting into poetry
The hours of words from the heart cannot be replaced
It is speaking what it truly feels and it’s written down
Every heartbeat is another poem
Every word written is from within the heart that makes me work
One wonders if anything will ever come from poetry
One wonders if my heart will ever speak to yours.
30. EXPORT ME
Export me to the place where I belong
Take me to the port and send me off
Export me to your world
I can fit in
I honestly can.
31. INVALID
Life is invalid
Invalid
Without you.
32. FASTER HEART
you make my heart beat faster
as you lay next to me (on the sofa / couch)
my arm is around you
holding you
I’m able to kiss the top of your head
my heart beats faster.
33. MAP
I can’t find my path in life
So I’ll just use Google Maps instead.