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Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
You can’t fix

what you refuse to face

Without a good mix

life would be a boring place

Everything’s a risk

but not everything’s worth the chase

todays antics

a memory you can trace
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Tough times never last

Tough people do

Saddest thing loving someone

who used to love you

In a while it won’t seem so bad

You’ll remember the good times you had

You’ll realise it was a lesson

losing them a blessing

True love can blind but can open your eyes

keep your heart open to a nice surprise

Everyone has a soulmate

search its never too late

So embrace the bad times, then release

True love bells will chime, inner peace
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Found an old box
the memories it unlocks
cards, letters, photos
once precious mementos
a relationship gone bad
an abusive Jack-the-lad
but back then I loved him so
as only a teenage girl could know
I light a match
and let it a memory catch
with each flame a release
an emotion experienced, frees
funny I found it while making space for new
guided by a hand I’ll never rue
I start a new box
in years to come
who knows what memory it unlocks
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Cuddles, forehead kiss

moments of pure bliss

fingers intertwined

trust underlined

that just for you smile

work can wait awhile
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Is a pessimist
an unhappy chap if his
day has no mishap
haiku?, serynu?
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
The wind tickles my moustache
cigarette tips its ash
must remember to get that waxed
or relationship could be axed

My hair is looking grey
better buy that dye today
my nails look discoloured
but couldn’t be bothered

Still got the voucher for the gym
I’ll put that in a card for him
Son’s birthday coming up, 25
open lines of communication, strive

Today’s feeling is melancholy
haven’t got the energy to be jolly
ah, here’s the bus
paste on smile, face life thus
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
He filled me with longing

gave me a sense of belonging

When I finally accepted

my love he rejected
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