A Soldiers Delight

If only someone
jumped like this
on to me
I would for all my life
have remained straight
standing
as I do always

come someone
make me brave
standing through life's midway

Now I stand only
half way
let me shoulder
your weight and prove
to be brave
as a soldiers shoulders

may come half way
I will run towards
your pathway
can you help me
to thy soul save!

Without warning,
the Reaper's blade sings.
Life meets its end
in the grip of Fate's hands.

Sadness,
happiness
tears and
laughter,
all lost to the dead,
leaving empty shells
devoid of emotions..

Truly,
the test
is for the living
who saw the harsh face
of a cruel reality
which robbed them
of their loved ones.

I haven't known you as long as some
but twelve months we shared a home,
through that time I got to know you
down through skin and to the bone

Like a pesky big brother you'd giggle
as you'd play tricks and laugh all day,
that we didn't always see eye to eye
is all that I have no regrets to say

I know the demons that lived inside
couldn't fade your soul burning white,
that's not to say you weren't naughty
you'd come home in the deep of night

alice
alive
thriving beyond
the rush of five
Olive limbed
and stubborn
the oyster world
gatherers to
govern

this wind
that speaks
translated
vibes
on wooden
wheels
she turns
the sky

Often I stop
to ponder
why
the rhyme
and treason
of a fallen
season

but I liked her
walk
that rabbit hole
jive
shes grown
up and bitter
now the
clever hitter
wearing her wolves
drawing ships
to the shoals