Rachel Henley Poems

When a bird swoops over water
tracing the water with its speed.
Like two long lost lovers greeting.
With nothing to say but hello.
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Do you walk down the cobbles, searching?
Glancing through windows with spare hope.
Have you ever heard me calling your name?
Only to turn around and find it was only the wind.
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The forgotten men and their mines,
Lost, well before their due time.
Mothers who lost their boys,
To black lumps, that did not resemble toys.
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As I stared at the pills at my side,
Thinking. how many. would it take. for me. to die.
I imagined all the people I loved, For one last time.
How I would be unreachable to them, even for a goodbye.
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Driven for the face on the note.
Once you taste it, You can easily waste it.
Materliastic to the capitial C, for Corporation.
Lets raise our children next to the TV stand,
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Pulling up, braving the rain, Chug of the engine.
Taking me to my destination, Destination love.
Finding the seat, Avoid tripping over shoezone feet.
Bus driver singing, Bus doors miserably swinging.
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Heart is heavy, By burdens I should not have to bear.
Months alone, Distant from function and normality.
Sucide lingers in my mind, Like a fog above the ocean.
My past forever pollutes my deep soul.
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Here I stand,
On legs that tremble with pain.
But with open, ready arms.
Ready for lifes cruel aim.
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Lets not measure the distance darling.
Do not get frustrated at the miles.
Our bodies, far apart.
My heart, is with you all the time.
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If heaven were the colour teal,
The eyes of the angels would all be green,
all with flowing locks of ginger hair.
To find me at my happiest,
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