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Head Space

One day I looked 

inside my head

And there I found

words left unsaid:

 

Make haste
No time
Forbid
Hate love
Always shout
Never listen

 

So, I put haste in the waste
Told No to go!
Put a lid on bid
Locked hate in a crate 
Gave shout a clout (until it ran out)
And
Got rid of never, forever

 

I'd like to think
That what remained
In all of us 
Is preordained:

 

Make
Time
For
Love 
 and
Always
Listen

 

And do all this without derision 

So, I shut my bonce
Quite satisfied
Then sat wondering
How I'd looked inside? ?

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Stephen Atkinson

Sun 25th Oct 2020 21:47

Thanks for the Like J.D!

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Stephen Atkinson

Sat 17th Oct 2020 17:30

Thanks for all the Likes! And thank you, Julie, John, M.g & Stephen for the flattering comments. Inspirational as ever.

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Stephen Gospage

Sat 17th Oct 2020 17:28

Thanks, a great piece.

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Fri 16th Oct 2020 22:50

Always shining inside to glow outside...beautifully expressed@@

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JOHN F B TUCKER

Fri 16th Oct 2020 21:46

This is a fantastic poem, linguistically inventive, sharp witted, and thereafter i run out of words! Amazing.

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julie callaghan

Fri 16th Oct 2020 20:15

Brilliant, as always.

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