Elaine Battersby Poems

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1.
Voice Of Truth

A voice of truth, of reason,
speaks out with splendid clarity,
dismissed by raised newspapers and turned heads.
Indifferent to his words his truth.
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2.
Awakening

Awakening
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3.
Grandma Said

My grandma, before she was dead.
Naught wrong with world, it's people in it.
I think you could say, it's the same today,
As it was of yesterdays.
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4.
Blue Eyes

I saw her from a distance.

Body swollen and slouched, she sat motionless,
Sad
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5.
Betty

She 85 years young
With a mind of her own,
and a will of steel that's for sure.
Not afraid to speak out,
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6.
You Are The Rainbow In My Cloud

When you look at me the way you do,

you are the sunshine in my cloud.
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7.
Imprisioned

My world seems much smaller now.
Lonelier, more hostile.
I feel imprisioned in my body.
Trapped, restricted, by my aching limbs,
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8.
War And Peace

Naïve and fresh faced,
sons and lovers,
husbands brothers,
young and brave.
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9.
Reflections

Reflecting on a love one may never know.
I am saddened, that- in its entirety it lays, unexplored.
As dense and as beautiful as a hidden rain forest,
Lush and green,
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10.
Curiosity

They say that curiosity killed the cat.
But I'm not too sure about that.
I am often a little curious, about what's up the road,
Or round the bend.
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