Echoes

 * Tears Allowed *

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Echoes

Echoes in the mind

Echoes in the heart

Echoes through the body

I can’t forget

I can’t shut off echoes

of memories sweet

of memories sharp

Allow me

a tear and a pain

even as I celebrate 

echoes of you.

Saying Goodbye

 * Tears Allowed *

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Saying Goodbye

The earth embraces you

The fallen leaves blanket you

The elements repose

in harmony at last.

Sleep, sleep

Softly sleep

in the light of the day

in the darkness of the night.

The cup will not runneth over

with tears

But with twinkles and laughters

of yesteryears.

Just Love Being Out

* Just Another Day *

 

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Just Love Being Out

The afternoon dredges on
Like a schoolboy waiting
For the last bell to ring
And I sit
beneath the sprawling leaves
A stray breeze
lulls the drooping lids
Human forms dissolve
and I'm lost in a cool no-who haze.

What the Mynas Taught Me

 * Just Another Day *

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What the Mynas Taught Me

The pair squabble

and squawk

And fly away together

Then they are back

Like nothing has happened

And then they’re at it again

And return

Perch side by side

Like nothing has happened

I touch my burning heart

Perhaps his heart is burning too

I go towards him

Like nothing has happened

The day turns 

bright and sunny.

Not Out

* Just Another Day *

 

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Not Out

The rain comes early

And we coop up

in the house

And that’s not a bad thing

And we look out

And we say

Lucky us!

Not caught out in the rain!

But are we?

Why Me?

* Just Another Day *

 

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Why Me?

When a little cannon

was let loose

Everyone turns to me

Why me?

When you can't hear so right

 * Just Another Day *

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Goosebumps

When you can’t hear so right

Yet you think I talk funny

Have a laugh

Have goosebumps

when I talk into your ears.