Dumped without a conscience
Murdered without qualms
Shot, or gassed in chambers
Children wrenched from mothers arms
The Holocaust , Despicable
Lives nothing but a blight
A canker to be wiped away
What man has any right
To choose who has to live or die
Because they don't fit in
Because they pray a different way
Or don't live life like him
Those innocents who lost their lives
By merely being born
Those families who shared a love
Their hearts so badly torn
Herded like lost cattle
Starved or sent to die
Prayers for all those answers
Tears just wondering Why?
Could man not see the right from wrong
Was he brainwashed to believe
The teachings of a  monster
With a passion to deceive
It's hard to even wonder
What those people did endure
The thought of what they went through
Chills me to the very core
Life is very precious
Regardless of your race
It doesn't put a label on
A different kind of face
We're all in this world together
We must live and choose our way
So let The Holocaust remind us
Each and every blessed day.

The End     by David Whitney c 2020

The man stood at the altar
In his military glory
His metal legs a memory
Of a bitter war torn story
His brother as his 'best man'
Standing proudly by his side
Remembering that moment
When his hero nearly died
The church packed full
Of love that day
The atmosphere unique
Today one in a million
Full of magic so to speak
The ***** started playing
And the congregation stood
The man glanced to the doorway
It was expected that he would
And there in white organza
Was his nervous blushing bride
A vision, very beautiful
Her father by her side
And as she walked towards him
He had tears he could not hold
He'd prayed this day would happen
Now it was starting to unfold
The story of a soldier boy
Who'd fell for someone blind
A woman so remarkable, so brave
And Oh! So kind
A person who had overcome
The darkness of her sight
Who'd walked a path of loneliness
Till she'd found Mr.Right
And there he was before her
Looking handsome and so smart
And though she couldn't see him
There was his picture in her heart
So as the bells rang out that day
The newlyweds rejoiced
As confetti showered over them
Congratulations voiced
For theirs was a love story
Everybody hopes to find
Something wonderful
Accepting the true fact
That love is blind.

THE END by David Whitney c 2020

"Just The Clowns"


They say with age comes wisdom
And I rather think that's true
We age and we get wiser
In most everything we do
And yet inside we're eighteen
Trying hard to comprehend
Why our bodies fail our wishes
Why our spines no longer bend
Making plans we cannot conquer
As we just don't have the force
Like a donkey lame but willing
Who forgets he's not a horse
Age a number but a demon
Something we just can't control
As we live our lives as best we can
No longer 'on a roll'
So we take each day and celebrate
Those birthdays we don't need
Reminding us we're not eighteen
But sadly gone to seed
A man who's mirror image
Looks extremely like his dad
The laughter lines reflecting
All the good times that's been had
A face that's full of wisdom
Full of life's quaint ups and downs
Our mind's still stuck at eighteen years
Our bodies just the clowns

by David Whitney    c 2017

“My Only One”

When there’s no breath in my body
When my heart beats its last beat
I will leave a kiss on my lips
It is yours for you to keep
Maybe I’ve not been a great man
Maybe I had many flaws
But I tried my best to be the guy
Whose love was always yours
I wanted so much to be loved
To know I had a worth
So I followed teachings to be kind
Whilst I was here on Earth
I never had great riches
Just a wealth of love and care
And two open arms to hold you
When you needed someone there
A shoulder there to cry on
When the road was sometimes steep
The gentle touch of fingers
Wiping tears we both would weep
I really think I did my best
And weathered every storm
My life not down in history
But a purpose to be born
To meet and be your soul mate
And to offer you my heart
Regardless of the final scene
When we must break apart
So when my eyes fall into sleep
And life for me is done
My love, my heart my very soul’s
For you, my only one.


By David Whitney   c 2018

"Nor Will Let Go"
The homeless man was crying
His Blanket wet with snow
His doorway told the story
He had nowhere else to go
He’d lost his job and family
His children were in care
He looked for help and guidance
But there was just nobody there
Until the day a man came by
With little dog in tow
He said he knew just of a place
The man could safely go
He said he'd wealth and property
Too much for him to bear
And he'd little time left here on Earth
So needed some ones care
Especially for his little dog who'd come to be his life
Who's friendship had been everything
Since he had lost his wife
"So wipe away those tears young man
I'm helpless just like you
And you always stroke my little dog
When I am passing through
He seems to like you very much
And always wags his tail
And you always make a fuss of him
Each evening without fail"
The homeless man was speechless
He just struggled to believe
That some one was there to help him
In a world he'd thought to leave
So the men walked off together
With the little dog named "Bo"
The proof that human kindness
Isn't lost nor will let go.
The End by David Whitney