Colin Ian Jeffery Poems

(For Mike Selley, musician and composer)

Could there a price
He would not pay
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Tomorrow will be a better world
With peace and happiness
Goodness of heart towards all
Without fear for colour, creed, or religion.
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Hear me, Almighty God, you are truth and love
Be with me night and day, my resolve and purpose
Let my steps never falter nor be faint of heart
As I navigate through life's darkness to your light
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(For John Selley)

Hands shaking, uncontrollably physical movement
Increasing difficultly as body surrenders, crumpling
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Standing forlorn, alone hidden in a thicket
Battled, bloody, weary, defeated for harem
By younger stag, new monarch of the Glen.
He waits for wounds to heal to fight again
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Tomorrow will be better than today
My father said to me, when I went to him
After hurting myself, crying with childhood tears
My hurt kissed away with hugs to make me safe.
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Grief shrouds my soul, breaking the heart asunder
Allowing tears to blind and depression to reign
With no more sun or moon but overwhelming darkness
And joy and happiness lost within a fierce battering storm.
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Grief commands the heart making tears flow
Forcing my surrender to ruthless despair
With all days bleak and every minute sorrowful.
Memories of you, so vivid, are all that remain
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(Lucy Dominique Dunn. Born March 9,1994)


Most precious Lucy
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(Inscription on my father's headstone 1979)

We
Are a love
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