Paula M. Puddephatt Poems

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11.
Distraction

She grabs at each distraction,
in the hope that she might find
something that can ease the pain,
and fill her heart and mind.
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12.
Love Wasted

Her maternal love was wasted.
No-one hears her when she cries
through the night for her lost babies,
and a life so full of lies.
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13.
Conclusion

The ravens in my mind are dying.
The people in my world are lying.
Nothing's for real - but scarlet on steel.
I'll endure the pain, until I can feel
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14.
No Reverse

And even now - I can't believe it,
but the potential's there -
that someone else could get inside my mind,
and make me care.
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15.
Confused And Broken

Can't analyse the type of love I feel
when all I want to do is scream: 'Don't die.'
It's not like Cancer. It just seems unreal -
and, even though, sure, I've been close myself, why
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16.
The Legend Of Lucy Lightfoot

At seventeen, so radiant,
hair raven black, eyes emerald green -
the local lads, they just don't stand a chance.
Lucy's heart is in the village church -
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17.
Only The Horse

There was an eclipse,
and a violent storm, on the afternoon
that Lucy Lightfoot disappeared.
Only Lucy's horse ever saw
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18.
Persephone

It seemed a very heavy price to pay -
for seven pomegranate seeds, consumed.
Half of every year,
to be spent here, in the land of the dead.
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19.
Harsh Lessons

The world is no less beautiful,
but life has taught her
harsh lessons - and some days,
it feels almost impossible
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20.
Display

Ebony darkness
weaves her own melodies
into the silent sky.
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