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My pillow is soaked in tears
now it's ok, I know that you're still here.
I worried because your nights are full of danger
knowing you're ok is really a game changer.
Hearing your voice say my name
it's quite a relief, and who am I to blame?
I never really call, maybe four or five times per week
but I notice the uncertainty you go through as these warm tears roll down my cheek.*

Dad, I'm so glad you're ok
please be safe because I don't know what I would do
If I didn't see you another day.
The feeling of uncertainty as my dad drives his transport truck through the dangerous night is really awful, but I love him and I know God will take care of him.
Too young to receive his love
thats what they told her
Now she's the girl at the café
waitin' for the love of her soldier.

"Wait there's a letter,"
so she cried
she had said her vows.
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy.

*way too young
that's what they told her
now she'll never see
her travelin' soldier
Inspired by "Travelin Soldier" by Dixie Chicks
We come as we please
And we leave on the breeze
Away........

Distance
As an image of warm blue air
The ***** man denies seditious writhings
Coming in proud bursts of creation
Irrespective of soil or culture
Bursting thirsting creation
Heathen fertility
Haphazard geography
Lust of life beyond life

Screaming gadgetry can cowards make
Tight cages can our spirits break
But love is broad and clean
Fickle and immortal
The soil from whence we came
Without permit or permission
With honour and with relish
The ***** man denies nothing
Not one word at all

And on and on
The fairground moves on
Away

                    By Phil Roberts
Actually, I'm only half gypsy.....just the restless half :)
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