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A ten minute poem

The Old Soldier

Captain Tom’s a soldier, and
A modest sort of man
At ninety nine he worked out
A money raising plan

He said I’ll get my walking frame
Do a hundred laps of my yard
Before my hundredth birthday
It shouldn’t be that hard

So Tom set out on his crusade
He hoped to raise a grand
To give to nursing charities
Who need a helping hand

Tom marched up and down his yard
Medals glinting on his chest
The nation took to him to their hearts
And cheered him on his quest

Donations flowed like water
The hundred laps were done
The thousands turned to millions
But old Tom soldiered on

We saluted you, the hero
Of your war campaigns
And now in times of trouble
We salute you once again

God bless you, Tom Moore

My Mistake

I did something stupid. Then lied, but you knew.
I opened a window and our love went on through.
I tried to revive it, I tried, how I tried,
but our love froze to death in the cold dark outside.

I Held You

We danced beside the river as the sun broke through the mist,

In the warming of the morning, I held you and we kissed.

And later that same afternoon, I held you as you slept,

Then you had to leave me and I held you as you wept.

I held you when we met again, back home in winter rain,

I held you in your ecstasy and in your guilty pain.

I held you when you broke away, to end the secrecy,

I held you as, when giving birth, you screamed and cursed at me.

I held you when the verdict came, that devastating call,

when fate tore away our happiness that morning in the hall.

I held you through the anger, through the fear and misery,

I held you on our final night, as you slipped away from me.

I dream we dance an endless waltz, your head upon my cheek,

I hold you close; you comfort me when everything seems bleak.

I bless you for our daughter, there’s so much of you in her,

We hold you in our memories, you never leave us there.

In Dreams

In dreams you are happy.

In dreams you don’t cry.

In dreams you have everything

money can buy.

In dreams you are famous.

In dreams you succeed.

In dreams you have more

than you ever could need.

In dreams you are confident.

In dreams you excel.

In dreams you are loved

and you give love as well.

In dreams you find harmony.

In dreams there’s a way.

In dreams you’re the master

of all you survey.

In dreams there is safety.

In dreams there’s no pain.

In dreams you can hold her

again and again.

In dreams she still loves you.

In dreams she still cares.

In dreams you still walk

on a cushion of air.

In dreams there’s a future.

In dreams there’s a plan.

In dreams you are more

than a simple, flawed man.

In dreams you show interest.

In dreams you both play.

In dreams you’re a partner

who won’t go astray.

In dreams you share feelings.

In dreams you exchange.

In dreams she believes

that you really can change

In dreams you’re a talker.

In dreams you convey.

In dreams you don’t let her just

wander away

In dreams there’s a last chance.

In dreams there’s reprieve.

In dreams you persuade her

and she doesn’t leave

In dreams there’s no ending.

In dreams you don’t weep.

In dreams you don’t wish you

could die in your sleep