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How sad to see this church so empty
What poor soul died so all alone
Just a solemn preacher mechanically droning
And a lonesome mourner right down the back

It would appear that he was there for shelter
Inside to hide from winter’s bitter bite
No place to go to call his home
He was oblivious to what was going on

Who was this person in the coffin laying
That no-one came to see him off
The preacher finished, through door he left
Curiosity tugged, I needed to find out

Slowly my way to the front I made
Approached the coffin that was ever so plain
Roughly made with no adornments
The cheapest of the cheap kind

Now I’m a man who is quite wealthy
So this is something I don’t understand
I always have the best of everything
So who would be to this person so mean

I looked inside and saw a man
One whose face was cold, hard and callous
What I saw to the core did shake me
I had looked on my face and it looked back at me

Was this the end I was destined for
That no-one would mourn my passing
Not even my family there to care
When undertaking my very last journey

Too late I saw mistakes I’d made
No chance for any changes
So many things alter I would
But now that cannot happen

SPIRITS ON THE WIND


I wake to a morning full of the air of yesterday,
Not content in the job I have to do
Reclaiming the temporary habitats of man
Participating in the chit chat
Conforming in a world of fate and destiny
one works and works and dreams and dreams
And in doing so ends up at that fateful day
when death takes it all away
Nothing left for posterity but warmless bones
And an inscription that reads "Here lies ..."
Erected by those he left behind on a piece of rock, insignificant
On a planet made of that durable stone
And if left alone it's message reads into eternity
With a ghost chasing spirits on the wind.

Author John O'B

Soldier
Do you carry your gun to heavens gate
Will they let you in if you
Leave it on the battle field where you died

Soldier do you carry a knife
Will they let your war carry on with a knife
Will you leave on the battle field where it was found blood stained in the oppenants side
Soldier will you leave on the battle field wher it was found

Into heavens gate no more wounds of your battle
And walk through heavens gate
Cast of you bad dead on earth bound
Cast of your sins for the death you caused for peace is within heavens door

No more fight is allowed peace shall be restored

Good bye old friend,
seems I have much to say,
now that you are gone
we won't meet for tea today...

I told you to walk
I told you to run,
Much did we discuss
the Jesus was the chosen One...

You always denied
that God does exist,
many times I cried
and at you I shook my fist...

Now that you are gone
to the energy of the afterlife,
like an old remembered song
you defined all the strife...

But you were a good friend
always a phone call away,
you would lend your last dollar
to the last hour you would stay...

Thank you old friend,
wish i could say much more,
you were loyal to the bitter end
what more could a friend ask for...

February 26, 2013
In Loving Memory of Gayle M.

Many do share this circle of sorrow...
no matter the distance, we grieve and cry.
Family gathered, if only in spirit,
paying our respects with one last good-bye.

As one by one, the memories unfold,
the measure of a life unfolds as well.
We find we’re written on many a page,
though the stories we know, and others tell.

Our losses remind us how short life is,
pulling us closer to one another.
My heart aches and breaks, for this recent loss,
was teacher, friend, and beloved Mother.

Blood of her blood am I, flesh of her flesh.
Three girls and a son thru her love were born.
Her courage and strength, an inspiration.
These things within me, but today I mourn.

I must find peace with all that is left me,
in lingering jewels of wisdom she shared.
Forgiveness brought us the sweet grace we knew,
and often we told each other we cared.

I’ll see her in all the things she so loved.
I’ll feel her presence in spiraling snow...
That’s how she came to me, saying good bye,
soon thereafter, outside of my window.

A winding gust, whirling with great purpose.
I could not ignore my heart and own eyes.
Twice she peered in through my kitchen window,
and I knew her soul through this keen disguise.

There’s no love on earth like a Mother’s love
No greater magic than a Mother’s kiss.
No stronger bond than a Mother and child,
and no one that I shall more dearly miss.

My best friend for years only good times I remember
With a sense of humor that would make the hardest surrender
But some time ago we lost touch with each other
He fell in a hole where his charisma would slumber
From time to time he would call me for help
He would speak of his pain and all of his hell
I would listen for hours and try to give him advice
He would pray for the best but lose to his device
He would snort it or shoot it or smoke it if he could
I took him to rehab but this fight we did loose
This time he must of felt hopeless and faded from what was left of his light
Today he silenced his struggle and took his own life
I lay here thinking why didn't he call me did I fail as a friend
The last time that I saw him replays over and over again
Way back in high school his future was bright
Now just a memory lost to the night
George you'll be missed but right now I'm so angry with you
There could of been a better tomorrow this was the wrong path to choose.

my heart is breaking
shattering in pieces
another year alone
how can I bear to go on
to struggle through another year
this time of year hurts so much
as your birthday draws near
eight days older I was to you
once they flew pass
now each is like a year
filled with such pain
the emptiness too much
my soul split in two
times like this
I wish it had been me
how can I go on?
how can I live
in a world without you
such pain is too much
for my soul to bear
my grief is unending
no colours any more
birds I cant hear sing
just a lake of tears
so vast and unending

How's my littlest Angel doing up in heaven?
Do you know how much you are loved and missed?
I hope you only feel, joy and happiness,
and don't look down to see our tears.

We hold you in our hearts forever,
and miss you each and every day.
I hold your mummy, daddy and big brother too
and wish that I could my arms encompass you.

There is a time when I'll be with you,
and wonder at how much you've changed.
Until that day I'll hold you in my dreams,
and keep you in my heart forever.

All day I wait for night to come
Everything seems to pass too slowly
Work I hate, I could just scream
Home I need to get, back to you

Even when finally home I get
There are dreary walls around me
It seems that time so slowly moves
Til its time for my head to hit the pillow

And there in sleep we meet again
Again in my arms you are laying
Lips so hot, tender and sweet
And your breath as sweet as honey

All night long our passions rise
Again and again we join as one
Our promised love will never end
We were so young and foolish

Too soon again comes break of day
When dreams fade back to reality
Again I face the day without you
Lost you to a callous drunk driver

Good old Jack, there he sat in front of me
The level slowly dropping, now half empty
Pour another, a loving glance, down the hatch
One after another and still the pain’s there

Oh damn! The bottle is empty, I need more
Stagger across the room to cocktail cabinet
Ah! American Honey and a bottle of Tequila
Both are nearly full, back to the lounge

That song about tequila runs through my mind
One tequila, two tequila, something about floor
Can’t remember, how did the bottle get empty
Don’t remember drinking it all, ah well

Sweet, sweet American Honey, my darling
My face is wet with tears, why do I cry?
I can’t remember, wrack my brain, nothing
And suddenly I realise, I feel no pain