Bill Smith Poems

All hope lies in tomorrow
Betrayed by yesterday
For every new horizon
There is a price to pay
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Emotional Bleed,
Raging river,
Mixed emotions,
Shake and quiver,
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I listened as she spoke of love
She spoke as if she knew
She spoke of what could happen
I thought maybe that’s true
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Love floats silent in the air
Lips, quiet like sated leeches
Flushed with words
Remain mute
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Dreams die in pockets empty
Where superficial thrives on plenty
Dreams die in pockets deep
Where pennies lie and
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The words are bottled up
From letters never sent
Sorry looms large, aches to be heard
Repeats itself over and over in my mind
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In the houses of the holy
They are polishing their guns
In the houses of the holy
They are offering up their sons
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Take a walk through Pol Pots fields
Sculptured white with bone
Come live beneath a Lebanon sky
And make believe it’s home
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Full of optimism
I sow seeds in the garden that is my heart
The roots take hold
Early signs are good as strong fresh shoots grow
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Every day the mind ticks faster than the clock
Gathered thoughts confuse the troubled mind
Half truths blind the future blessed
questions rebound to the one who asked
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