Christopher McInnes Poems

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1.
(song Lyric 2) Sometimes A Whisper Hits You

Sometimes a whisper hits you louder than a thunderclap
When he first says I love you softly in your ear
Everything that happens, happens here
And there’s no world outside his quiet embrace.
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2.
(song Lyric 5) If You Love Someone

If you love someone
Then you trust him with your life
When you look into his eyes
‘Cos if he lets you fall
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3.
(song Lyric 4) The Magnolia Tree

In the springtime, when the world was new,
We sat beneath the tree and heard it sing
And in the morning drank the dew
From its upturned petals,
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4.
(song Lyric 6) After The Climb

I climbed up to the roof of the world
Breathing hard and banging my toes
On the rocks and stones of the winding path;
Hard, hard, hard was the climb to the summit
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5.
(song Lyric 3) Sitting At The Edge Of The World

Found you sitting there at the edge of the world
Looking out into that dark and lonely space
Of broken hearts and shattered dreams
Tried to look into your eyes
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6.
(song Lyric 1) Heartwings

Heartwings beating on a slender thread
Brushing softly on my lover’s head
As he lies beside me dreaming
Of the way he leaves me feeling
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7.
What The Wind Told Me, What The Breeze Said.

Push back the leaves,
bend the bough round,
make the trees dance
to that heavenly sound.
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8.
Imaginary Numbers

You were the real of me, the Only One.
Without you, I was just I -
an imaginary, useless thing.
With you, I was real,
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9.
On Marsden Bay

Strange blossom lies atop the cliff at Marsden Bay,
amidst the windblown grass and grey-faced, ashen rocks:
bright flowers tied with pretty bows adorn the heath,
their petals strewn like gems along the coastal way.
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10.
Rosy Fingered Dawn On Lesbos

Ah the daffodils, yellow-blasting the white stillness
of coldflakes in the morning, gold trumpets shaking
crunchy crystals from shivering lilybuds.
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