Paul Reed Poems

Short now the long-waited time
When bounteous Spring will return,
With every day it gets nearer
The season for which I yearn;
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The sun has risen and gone down again
Lifting our joy to new heights
The heat haze trembling our excitement
Our share in the world’s delights;
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Adolescence and freedom
Hopes, fear and rebellion
Intertwined down the twisting rope of time;
All the same, all expended
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You walk everywhere with dogs,
Tempting you from the shade
To stray to open places
Under the sun at it’s height;
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The crowd went one way

I did not follow them -
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She types away in soulless repose
With nerve-endings diluted by microchips
Not on fragrant paper that hearts overthrows
Or promises the kiss of lips;
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The leaves have turned to flame red
Wishes have become defeats
Over now, withered and aged,
Bright eyes peer dulled
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Does a crocodile know it’s a Monday morning?
When the giraffe lopes lazily around
Does that sinking feeling abound
The one we have when Monday’s dawning?
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I went back to the old house last night
The house where I was born
Things were just the way they used to be
The ‘Scarlet Climber' still on the thorn
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Now he's had a bit of trouble
He wanted some help and ‘on the double'
He just didn't know which way to go
To get some help with his sore big toe
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