Prodigal Son, Truant Child By David Wilding (Saturday 29th August, 2009)
I returned
But as Prodigal Son
Or Truant Child?
Didn't feel it
The magic was gone
Spirit vanished
Where was I?
And who?
This day I am foreign
Not what I was or felt like
Who came off the train?
And stepped back on?
Me Version 2
I abandoned you once
Now I was back
But you did not welcome
You rained
And chased me away
My feelings damp
Enthusiasm grounded
Have I moved on again?
Where will I ever be?
With whom I KNOW
But settle? I know not
Another failure
Not a revisit
But an admission
Yes I was wrong
But you do not forgive
This I see
One more for the chalkboard
Next please? No!
For it will be the last
And I will not fuss
Nor fidget, fluster or fight
This feeling
Must not pass on
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- You see them They come, come to your door Through your windows They invade you Completely What will you do now? Will you resist or fight? Repel or defend? Or will you let them in Befriend them, nurture them And make them as your own For they have sought ....
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- They don't deserve it, Don't deserve me. She could have been happy A Polski man, a Polski boy, Living the Polski way in a Polski house, Like another gerbil In the Polski cage, The Polski way. But she got me, Fate banged us together, Forever I suppose. I don't regret that ....
'Mirrors' - by David Wilding
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'Why' - by David Wilding
- Why? You told me that you loved me And begged me not to leave you Why? I gave you flowers I gave you me I gave you everything But it wasn't enough Why? I hope you're happy now In your loneliness with your lonely times And nothing to comfort you except memories ....
