you can take my pride
take my dignity
call me abuse me 
throw your stones at me 
break my heart 
make me cry
but you cant take my memories
cos they will never die 
the good ones are precious
the bad ones are too
they all mean so much 
cos there memories of you 
one day we,ll meet in heaven 
i feel this in my heart
then i,ll shelve my fading memories
so the new ones can start
we will dance to golden harps
and fly on angels wings
when i get to heaven 
is when my life begins
this world i face without you 
has never been the same 
the wind in the treetops 
still calls out your name 
everywere i go 
and everything i do 
reminds me of the precious times 
i was proud to spend with you 
wait for me in heaven
i promise i,ll soon be there 
to meet with you and hold you 
and find new memories we can share

Hello peeps
I,m back again
Bathed in sorrow
Swathed in pain
For a while
I was lost
I,m found again
Despite the cost
I lost my pen
Down my settee
When it was gone
I was,not me
But now I,m back
I feel at home
I live to write
Another poem

Mistakes
Everybody makes them
Some more than others
To admit a mistake
And to learn by it means that mistake was,nt made in vane
If you get bit by a crocodile
You will be wary of them in the past
And you won,t get bitten again
Look back on your mistakes and amend them
Life is too short to make to many mistakes

Pour me a big glass of whiskey
Open a big can of beer
Let the alcohol loosen my brainwaves
And let the drunk poet appear

Mi eys don't sem to be wrkn
As I,mmm lokig downnn AT&T; my yay screen
Theee drunkkk pots taking mi overr
Ifff yu kno wat I mean

Thank you for the honour
Of being part of your site
For giving me an audience
For the poetry that i write
For giving me a stage
To exhibit my poem
A soapbox to perform from
A home away from home
A place to show the sides of me
The many faces that I wear
The inner me that no one sees
So thanks for being there
And to the six that follow me
My sincerest thanks to you
And keep up your good writings
Cos I love your poetry too
So thank you hello poetry
From the bottom of my heart
It's really a great pleasure
For me to take part


THANK YOU

When i was little
i just wanted toys
then wen i got older
a bike like other boys
then wen i was a teenager
i wanted designer clothes
now im an adult
i dont need none of those
so wat do i want for xmas
theres nothing that i need
xmas is for my kids now
and it makes my heart bleed
to know i cant give them
All the material things
but i can give them my love
and the joy that it brings
so keep my xmas presents
i dont need anything at all
to know my kids are happy
is the greatest gift of all

She looked quite elegant
As her fingers danced across the key
She surfed the Internet like a beach boy
Was she trying to get free
She looked up foreign holidays
And used google earth a lot
Lost in world of cyber dreams
Not happy with her lot
Yet as I sat there watching her
Like so many nights before
I loved her still after twenty years
Yet she always searched for more
So I sat there lovingly staring
While she got lost in her cyber dream
Thinking to myself how beautiful she looked
By the light of her computer screen
So I thought if you can,t beat them join them
and I moved into the spare bed
I bought myself a laptop
And began to surf the web
I added her on facebook
Under a false name
I knew the things she wanted
So I began to play the game
I told her things she longed for
I tried to set her free
But deep down all I wanted
Was for her to fall for me
I wanted back the dream
From twenty years ago
The only way to get it
Was to be someone she did,nt know
So to win back my wife
To share her cyber dream
I sit in the spare room
By the faded light of my computer screen

Some people say
Men are,nt supposed to cry
But that's a load of crap
And now I,ll tell you why
I watched the champ
And at the end when he died
Something  strange happened
I broke up and cried
I cried and cried
At another film too
A fault in our stars
It broke my heart in two
So don,t you believe it
When you hear men don,t cry
Cos one weepy film
Puts tears in my eye
Guess I,m just a softy
But shhh don,t tell anyone
Cos men ain't posed to cry
Guess I,m just an odd one

We got a new apprentice
Willem is his name
We nicknamed him Rodney
Cos he,s a plonker just the same
He,s a canny kid really
But bites like a shark
So we wind him up all the time
Just for a lark
He climbs the ladder like a girl
Takes a week to get to the top
Never gets us what we ask for
When we send him to the shop
He,s trying to pack in smoking
It really is a joke
When he ***** on his vipe
And vanishes in a cloud of smoke
We let him paint at bahtias
The bit round the door
he painted next doors wall
And got more on the floor
It splashed on his face
His hands were white
He,s really no Picasso
In fact he,s *****
But I really like him
He reminds me of me
I was like that too
When I was THREE!!!!!!

I was sitting in the gutter
Wearing worn out clothes
My pockets were empty
Except for the holes
My shoes took in the rain
And let out my toes
Everyone would pass me
With a turned up nose
But they don,t know my story
They don't know how it goes
People would pass
With a frown on there face
Say look at that drunk
He,s such a disgrace
But I haven,t been drinking
Not since that dreadful night
When I turned the car over
And the petrol caught alight
My wife and two kids
We're asleep in the rear
They did,nt stand a chance
Yet I was thrown clear

See I was once just like them
I had a wife and two kids
But they died in a car crash
And my life'***** the skids
They still keep on passing
Some throw an odd nickel or dime
Why do they pay me
Cos they don,t know my crime
So I sit in this gutter
Day after day
Just passing my loneliest
Hours away
Sometimes I cry
Sometimes I pray
That death will come for me
To take my pain away
For I don,t fear death now
I,ve made him my friend
Cos he can take me up to heaven
To be a family man again

made a lot of mistakes
but i,m learning fast
time to exorcise
the ghosts of my past
theres a rainbow on my horizon
an end to all my pain
no more ghosts will haunt me 
ever again 
new roads to travel
new friends to meet 
time to look for happiness
to stretch my itchy feet
i,ve come to a crossroads
on my dusty track 
left right or forward
i aint going back
got the wind on my back
and the sun on my face 
gonna keep on walking 
till i find a happy place
were tears are distant memories
and heartaches are banned 
i,m gonna keep on walking 
till i find this wonderland
holes in my shoes 
blisters on my feet 
still walking still looking 
but i wont admit defeat
one day i,ll find my heaven 
and be happy at last
and finally say goodbye 
to the ghosts of my past

Feeling down
Look around
Realise I,m not wanted anymore

Five and a half year
Of loving care
Then the closing of the door

The tears I cried
Cos her love has died
No looking  back to the past

Like a fool
I thought love was forever
But good things never last

To prove I love you
I,m gonna leave
Give you the freedom you need

You won't see my tears
Or hear me cry
You won't see my heart bleed

I,ll live in hope
Till the day I die
Reliving every memory

Hoping and praying
One day you,ll forgive
And bring your love back to me

As I pour the last dregs out the bottle
Drink up then stagger to bed
In the seconds before my eyes close
Your image invading my head

Then I wake and your lying beside me
Tears of happiness from my eyes stream
As I realise that we're still together
And it just was a terrible dream

So I kiss you while you are still sleeping
And I gaze happily at your sweet face
And I wrap my arms softly around you
As I realise I,m in the best place

Some people dream of holidays
Or winning a lot of money
I guess I,m not like some people
You may think I,m funny

Where I love to be
Is in the arms of my true love Clare
In the loving midst of my family
And I feel truly happy there

I have the richness
Of a loving family
The dreams I dared to wish
All came true for me

I have eight children
And a beautiful wife
I smile everyday
It's a wonderful life

I used to be a dreamer
Just like all of you
But I no longer dream
Cos all my dreams came true

I just read some poems
By the harbinger of nightmare
I was really quite impressed
If I,m honest and fair

I love reading poems
And do whenever I can
And mr harbinger of nightmares
Your a very well versed man

Reading your poems
Is like looking in my head
But I did,nt write them
You did instead

So mr harbinger
Please leave my brain
Your poetry is amazing
It,s driving me insane

I hope you don,t mind
If I follow you
Cos I really admire
The poems that you do

Thanks for the invite
To look in your brain
Just keep on writing
Again and again

My eyes are growing heavy
My yawns are getting worse
My brains not going forward
It,s now stuck in reverse

My writers block
Is approaching like the tide
My girlfriend is snoring
Right by my side

My pillow is calling me
The duvet looks so inviting
But I,m gonna make a coffee
So I can keep on writing

I,m fighting a fight
I know I just can,t win
As tiredness surrounds me
As I think of giving in

The moon is so bright tonight
The sun will soon be dawning
So goodnight everyone
And please stop yawning

Where does the heart go
When the great love affair ends
When love and kisses
Become a handshake between friends

Where do We put our hands
When we have no one to hold
After the love is over
And a lovers heart grows cold

To love a person
Who no longers loves you
Is the biggest heartache
You could go through

We all need somewhere
To heal our pain
A place to hide and lick our wounds
A place to start again

After the love is over
It's a very lonely place
A frown replacing a smile
On a tear stained face

After the love is over
After the final scene
We all react differently
In this place we,ve all been

Some turn to drink
And lock themselves away
Wallow in self pity
And throw there lives away

Some comfort eat
And pile on all the weight
Some contemplating suicide
And bathing in self hate

After the love is over
The best thing you can do
Is learn by your mistakes
And make a better you

What would the world be like
If we all had the same names
If we all had the same thoughts
If we all played the same games
If we all agreed on everything
And we all ate the same food
I guess we,d lead a humdrum life
It would,nt be very good
It's good to be different
To have different points of view
It's good to be me
Is it good to be you?
I think the glass is half full
You think it is half empty
We won,t agree on everything
But we will agree on plenty

Your members cheered me up
When I was feeling down
I turn to your members
When inspiration can,t be found
I find comfort when I,m writing
And solace in some of yours
Your hello poetry site
Has opened many doors
So thank you hello poetry
And to all who choose to write
I,m really pleased
To be part of your site

I don,t hate you
I loathe your belief
To ****** people
To cause so much grief
How can it be the norm
To relish in the pain
Say no to terrorism
Again and again
To live by the sword
And swear by the bomb
I,m sorry to disagree
But it really is wrong

Sleep evades me
Most every night
Words fill my head
When I turn out my light

When I close my eyes
The poetry demon enters my head
So I stay awake all night
Writing instead

I close my eyes
Finally sleep envelops me
I start to dream
I dream poetry

Then when I wake
And open my eyes in the morn
I write about my dreams
And some poems are born

War is a battle
Someone always loses
What's the point

Another failed relationship
a million tears more
the pieces of my broken heart
are lying on your floor
think i,d have learnt by now
after all the tears ive cried
im meant to walk this mortal plain
with no one by my side
now i know all the plans
the man in the sky chose for me
i learnt to smile instead of cry
and face my destiny
to all the girls ive loved b4
and those that once loved me
i thank u 4 each happy time
and each golden memory

To all the mothers of the world
Enjoy your mothers day
And special thoughts of sadness and love
To those who,ve passed away

Happy mothers day to you all

He ***** on his nicotine habit
With not a care for his health
His forty a day habit
A significant drain on his wealth
His lungs become smaller and smaller
He struggles to take every breath
The toxins he continues to crave on
Bring him closer and closer to death
But still he keeps on smoking
Though there's lots of help out there
To help people stop smoking
I guess he just does,nt care
He,s playing Russian roulette
With every tab he does ****
And one day the big c will catch him
He,s really  pushing his luck

I love you
You love me
Will you marry me

To every1 who knew her
She was simply little pat
But to all of us who loved her
She was so much more than that

She was our sunshine
On every rainy day
She had an enigmatic smile
That brightened the darkest day

Of all the stars in the universe
The brightest in a midnight sky
We're dark in comparison
To the twinkle in pats eye

Of all the wonders of the world
The greatest one of all
Is how god gave a heart so big
To somebody so small

To know pat was to love her
And so many people did
Pat could Be a grown up
Or even be a kid

I,ll never forget
She came to ours one night
And pat and all the kids
Had a silly loom band fight

They flicked them back and forth
One hit Her in the eye
She shouted ow you ******
I laughed enough to cry

We will never forget her
As long as we live
She lives on inside of us
What a gift to give

So rest in peace in heaven pat
Ride your scooter on gods golden cloud
For you,ll always be our little pat
You really done us proud

I wonder,
When my life clock stops,
And my heart no longer beats.
When the worms feast on my rotting corpse
Or the flames burn the flesh from my bones
Will I travel the up or down escalator of life

Will I go to heaven
Or will I go to hell
Only god
Or the devil can tell

I guess it depends
On the life that I led
Whether I,ll burn in hell
Or wear a halo on my head

When I die
And I,m no longer there
To be frank and honest
I doubt that I,ll care

I thought I was alone
Lost in dreams
Then I realised
It's not how it seems
I,m wide awake
Or so I believe
Or am I dreaming
Don,t know what to believe
Am I breathing
Or am I snoring
Answer me
Stop ignoring
Going now
Cos this is boring

i asked myself this question
what is a friend
the answers were infinite
the possibilities never end
a friend gives
without receiving
a friend is all seeing
and all believing
a friend always tells the truth
even if you dont want to hear
a friend cud live a lifetime away
yet always feel so near
but the thing that gets me
and plays on my mind
is why are true friends
so hard to find
some friends come
and some friends go
yet some spend a lifetime
with the friends they know
but to me true friendship
Never ever ends
and i love you all so much
all of my friends
if we drift apart
i promise you this
you,ll still be my friend
someone i miss

One
Two
Miss a few
Six ate seven
Nine ten