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The life that I have
Is all that I have
And the life that I have
Is yours.

The love that I have
Or the life that I have
Is yours and yours and yours.

A sleep I shall have
A rest I shall have
Yet death will be but a pause.

For the peace of my years
In the long green grass
Will be yours and yours and yours.
Leo Marks, memories of Ruth
and Violette Szabo.
If Joy always follows Sorrow
And
Sorrow always follows Joy

Can I have Joy for today
Because tomorrow may never come

That will be Sorrow enough
Yesterday
I was looking forward
To
Today

Tomorrow
I will look back
At
Today

Today
I will make me proud
Of
Today
Snowflakes fall
past the dimly lit windows
of the wide eyed
children
Looking deep
into the darkened sky
for a sign

The gathered clouds part
and a star shines through
with the news
a baby is born this night
the children snuggle in their beds
dreaming of
Christmas
I hear death
At my door
Rattling
A thousand keys
Trying each one
Lady luck
Don’t desert
Me
Now

My life
My loves
My mistakes
My successes
My happiness
Mingle with
Regret
As
My future
Stares me
In the eyes

The lock clicks
Tumblers’
Falling
Into place
Hinges groan
A cold breeze
Brushes
My face
As it comes
For me
Young winters merge in to summer sun
The wind stirs the dust of lust
Our love caught in time
Spinning
Loving strangers

Years pass
Our acorns have grown to trees
We loved and lived that life
Changing with every breath we take
Seasons from the passing years
Laying out our winter clothes
Still here we are

Loving strangers

Now we are old the winters
Bite in the dark depths
But summer smiles and old bones thawed
Strangers fall in love once more
Slaves to the moon
We’ll meet at the shores edge
Forever and ever

Loving strangers
His tongue shoot out
And stuck to a bug
His destiny secured
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