Derek. A. Sim

As I fall to one knee, as I hone my will,
I listen to my heartbeat; the world falls still.
I'm aware of my challengers, I don't look in their eyes,
There is only one winner; there is only one prize.
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Dreams live far in the future,
Memories dwell back in the past,
The only time that is real,
Is now, and it surely won't last,
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Better Late Than Never

I had to work late; you're home all alone,
you're probably wondering, ‘Why didn't he phone? '
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It’s true there’s none so fair in face,
Nor one more worthy of the chase,
Greek Gods would bow their head’s in awe,
And pay a ransom, to take my place.
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Go to war; kill your brother,
Fight to the end for your country,
Slay the enemy; kill another,
Both sides the same,
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My Tynedale. (Summer)

Hedgerows green, wood pigeons preen,
Quiet valleys seldom seen,
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The Place I Love!
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The devastation mounted, stacked high on layers of grief,
damnation comes to visit, taxing all belief.
Scanning all about me, the air thick with battle's noise,
in craters of mud, stained the colour of blood, lay heroes, made from young boys.
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