Poetry Nook

"By way of pretext I said; "I will go and check the condition of the White picket fence", but it was really to see you."
---Rudyard Kipling---

"Where were you when I was burned and broken
While the days slipped by from my window watching
Where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless
Because the things you say and the things you do surround me
While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun
Lost in thought and lost in time
While the seeds of life and the seeds of change were planted
Outside the rain fell dark and slow
While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistable pastime

I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life
---David Gilmour---

 

The years are flying by
Yet it was only "yesterday"
That I heard you say you love me
Our last goodbye was years ago
But I still feel your embrace
Night times are the worst...but best
because in dreams I see your face
smiling at me
In life you were my mentor
In death you remain the same
You are a hero unbeknownst to most
because of lack of fame
But to me you are most famous
You are the gear which drives the machine
of my life
I miss you Dad


For my father Loren Kyle Phelps 4/24/1935 to 07/01/2005

 

Very nice both of you, thanks for sharing

 

I lost my Dad just 3 months before you, a poem more true could not be found.

 

Both of these poems are wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing...

 

nice posts, very sad stuff:

think of life like a picture
a lonesome lullaby
when you run out of dreaming
you will surely die

- a song I wrote

 

Thanks for sharing everyone.....this is what I had in mind with the "nook".