Naoimh Spence

A sigh escapes her lips
As she watches the world from dark eyes,
All the while hating the silence.
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I said to my love
'Do you ever get to rest? '
'No' said he.
'I spend my life at your side.
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Starting with old and new;
Strip everything apart.

Away, my love, away,
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Forsaking all my thoughts to sleep and the stars
While my heart circles in skies not seen before.
I linger, as a bird, in twilight, for all the dark hours
Spent escaping a dreamless sleep, the hateful roar
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The sweet scent of a distant rose,
Clouds above in the summer sky,
Out in the fields where a warm wind blows.
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Gone are the days when I freely spoke my mind;
I haven't written from the heart in a long time.
I turned from my feelings, fearing what I'd find
If I dared to admit it; to love her is a crime,
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White wings ripple the surface
Of a lake overgrown with brambles.
Stars twirl overhead, regal dancers
In the moon's warm spotlight-
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These days grow dark
Though palled not as before;
Awake, awake and fly,
Fly to the sacred place
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Empathy
It's an odd thing.

There are kind strangers with
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That was the past
This is now
This is the future
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After so many long lonely months,
My dear friends were returned to me.
My solace, my companions,
My dearest stars in my night sky...
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I hear it all,
The inner city song.
The droning dirge of decay;
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