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Joe Cole Apr 2015
Burning bridges
Kellys hero's
Says so much
About the indecision of the young
And the chances failed to clutch
We all have burned those bridges at sometime in our lives
And then looked back with deep regret
As we struggle to survive
Burning bridges
Joe Cole Apr 2015
Well yes
It is nearly summer
My beautiful manicured lawn
Well no......
Burnt brown patches from dog wee
Beautiful minutely planned to the last detail
Flower borders
No, where have I gone wrong?
Flower seeds mixed in profusion
Scattered, germinate where they fall
Scratched up in heaps by my cats
But I don't really care about that
Let's face it, be honest
Walk the woods and country hedgerows
Nature doesn't care
Doesn't care for color coordination
Or how the picture should look
Come on now the hated **** has its part to play
Just let the bees and butterflies
Enjoy this floral display
Joe Cole Apr 2015
Just been looking at my profile
Written so long ago
I'm not a poet but a simple dreamer
Who only dreams of being a poet
Joe Cole Apr 2015
No, it's not a good Easter Saturday
Lead Grey sky
Wet, miserable
And to make matters worse
My dish washer has stopped working

So I've sent her back to bed for a couple of hours
Joe Cole Apr 2015
Just as spring is life reborn after winters chill,
I also want to be reborn
And be a child again

I want to leave this adult world, return to distant memories
Leave this hectic modern life
And be a child again

Imagine as an eight year old, no worries to sear your mind
Every day a new adventure
I want to be a child again

Who's here now to comfort me when worry tears apart my heart?
When I was young it was my mum and dad
Oh how I long to be a child again

Take me back to my childhood days, take me back to my early years
Take me back to where I long to be
*So I can be a child again
I think secretly most of us wish we could be transported back to our childhood days from time to time
Joe Cole Apr 2015
Clear blue sky
Just a slight early morning chill in the air
But the hedgerows tinged with fresh green
Highlighting the gold of the daffodils
Bluetits flit and flutter
And here and there the early bee
My seed trays showing signs of life
Of what is yet to be
My south country hills
Have come alive
After winters deadly hold
Daffodil and crocus
Now in colors oh so bold
Lovers walk now hand in hand
Now winter gloom has passed
Sad grey faces now tinged with a pink glow
Spring gladness
Reborn at last
Spring in my south country
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