Month: December 2019

His heart broken by her careless

words directed at his pain,

as she left with their son

emptying his pockets,

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and tearing his heart.

He beats back the tears;

and the loneliness of 

the silence, of their shared

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home pared of his peace.

Mates pat him on the back

where his son rode, on his 

broad shoulders, laughing

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and shouting to his mother

who has smothered his hopes

of footie games, rugby and

being with his Dad. A phone is

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now how they speak, and share

feeling for the right words,

trying not to break her rules

recalling the reality of a

future,

further

fractured.

On through the desert

on a donkey she rubbed her aching back

and panted through the spasm

in her stomach as the long

ride and poor food, and

a long laden pregnancy were 

stretching her system.

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He walked ahead of her

and turned to check,

she saw his smile and

tried to return it but he

turned back; and the 

ever ready tears dripped down

her face leaving muddy

trails as if, the ever present

flies, had left muddy footprints.

She longed for the journey

to end; and for a rest

from the endless jolting

thirst and pain, and the 

night long, day long plight.

Disgraced and denied a bed

a troubled teenager in childbirth,

Mary’s tear filled soul cried 

and called on a gone God;

and in the emptiness of

an absence, the child pushed 

hopefully, seeking a way through

to the shambles, and together 

they brought the baby, bereft

of a father into the filth; and 

the sound of the animals

calling, comforted them.

Fy Nghariad – My love

The words trip off the tongue,

and write the limits of choice

each thought a myriad possibilities,

impossibly wanting a voice

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to describe a man of character,

whose heart is known to more

because of grateful generosity

of his willingness to feel

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their pain, and hold it in his

thoughtfulness and through

concentration of courage show

his spirit and good sense

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and there he is 

the guardian of my soul.