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For Silence

i want to join you asleep
at the edge off sunrise
and groan gently
across the breeze
into your eyebrows.

i want to carry you across
the finish line
in a camera shot finish
without you even
stirring slightly once.

want to score the winning goal
at wembley in injury time
and have you asleep
smiling on my shoulder
all the way home.

Want to look at the frozen tide
which is calling me awake
at 5 in the morning
and then contrast it
with the restless movement of your head.

but across the frozen wastelands
in the nearness of your lips
i could taste their moistness go cold
as i reach to kiss you
while watching the sunrise.

i could feel their blood redness
turn a cold purple
as you groan once
and then sub-consciously
turn away to look at the ground.

i want to join you asleep
at the edge off sunrise
and groan gently
across the breeze
into your eyebrows.

but your tears carry
me across the tide
in silence
until sadness is but a memory
and i can't turn back.





(With apologises to Dave P from FSA) 

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Comments

<Deleted User> (7073)

Wed 18th Nov 2009 11:57

This is a beautiful poem, obviously derived from a place deep within.

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Jeff Dawson

Tue 10th Nov 2009 21:07

Good stuff Andy and gets better at the end, cheers Jeff

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John Aikman

Tue 27th Oct 2009 20:19

Truly lovely. Thank you.Jx

PS. Is there an extra 'f' in the second line? I once won a prize for spotting all the 'f's in a sentence...there's an extra one in the second last verse too...but it's still extremely lovely.

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<Deleted User> (6576)

Tue 27th Oct 2009 19:58

sad and beautiful... and wonderfully written as always

<Deleted User> (6517)

Wed 21st Oct 2009 16:59

eyebrows?

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Cate Greenlees

Wed 21st Oct 2009 16:34

Yes, sad and touching Andy
Cate xx

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Nichola Burrows

Tue 20th Oct 2009 13:49

Andy, this is a very touching poem. The sense of loss is very powerful and evoked beautifully in the images and the language, not just the loss and the yearning to be with the person, but the potential loss of the memories also that can become fuzzy as time goes by. It made me cry.
Very sad.

Nicky x

<Deleted User> (5646)

Mon 19th Oct 2009 22:57

I've read this twice and it seems so very sad.
I'll look in on it again tomorrow. Too tired right no Andy. :-)

Janet.x

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