2021 – Page 36 – George Ruddock

A Poem or Two

I write a poem or two
Ones of love, ones of pain
Maybe too many that are blue
If so please complain

A smiling face in a frame
The only memory I have of you
Since you left nothing is the same
I can’t believe we are … Read the rest

You drift through life
Like sand moving in a desert
Never still always moving
And never ever taking part

You appear, you smile
You pretend … Read the rest

I still remember that Summer
Twenty years have gone
But it remains a wonder

Our first kiss, so many since
Bound our hearts
And I … Read the rest

Can I stay in your life for a while?
So captivated by your smile
I was lost when I saw you
You were the one, … Read the rest

Snow is back outside my door
White crystals drifting slowly
Like waves on a shore

Snow whirling around my window
Gradually the world is turning … Read the rest

I live in the shadows of the light
In the corners no one sees
Always there in the dark of the night
The only place … Read the rest

I didn’t know I needed you
Till the day you left
Now I am a lone pebble

I didn’t know I needed you
Till the … Read the rest

You asked me to go
And I did what you wanted
I should have stayed and said no
But you said I took you for … Read the rest

The rocky road to life
Dictates our journey
Through pain and strife
Sometimes it even means rising early

Rocky roads are part of us
We … Read the rest