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Copyright 2016 W.J.Leigh

All Rights Reserved

eBook ISBN: 978-1-54392-735-1

MAN

A man dared to speak

We all listened

One even clapped as he left

We all laughed, it was funny to hear

A man speak what he felt

And one even clapped as he left

THE FLAG

I can see all of the reasons

I can feel all of the seasons

That the flag flies

That the flag cries

I feel tears forming

In my eyes

I see tears forming in no eyes

But the flag flies

That no man dies

But a Wife cries

SMILE AT THE TIDE

Smile as the tide takes

Your friends away, you enjoyed

Them in your day

Rest them easy on your mind

The tide is gentle and kind

Live today like tomorrow the Tide

May take you away and leave

No sorrow

ODE TO A BUG IN THE DITCH

Involved stems that shadow hidden

Waterways, what do they conceal?

A house of glass?

A lodge of tin?

A refuge of cardboard?

How thin your vail grows!

Many people look, but so few see.

Care not my little friend, cast off

Set sail in your little plastic cup upon

Your tiny sea.

LOVE

Love is the bright twinkle

That dances in your eyes

Like stars sparkling on the

dark Night water

The fire your voice has

When we talk

Tender-soft-hugs

On warm summer nights

The passion when lips gently brush

Walks - Talks

The Song in your voice

Eternal sleep comes

Too soon to us all

Not to have that love

Be it big or be it small

LITTLE THINGS

Sorry, when I blew too hard and

made your Hair all askew for

when I am the wind

That is what I do.

When the birds, they sing too bold,

Blame me for it is I that

orchestrates them loud.

In the spring when flowers bloom, it is

I who makes all of the perfume.

I am the shadow in the corner of your eye,

The one that you can not quite spy.

I am the little things, like the dew,

I do them all for you.

LAST GOOD-BYE

Life steals us all away

And never says good-bye.

If you live life to its fullest

You will never have to say good-bye.

Friends will know your feelings

and of your passing by.

If you touch them deep enough,

One may even cry,

DAISY

Picture a parking lot

With the only thing in it a

flower in the center.

The flower is a beautiful pure

Daisy and the Daisy is you.

The parking lot is my heart

Now empty without you.

CANDY HEARTS

I bought a box of candy hearts

I broke them one and all

I threw them to the wind just

To watch them dance and fall

I have my fill of broken hearts and

Dancing in the wind

I want to be near you and

Dance once again

I bought a box of candy hearts

To watch the dance begin

BECAUSE

Because you can not reach

I planted a field of flowers

for All the good times

That the World would see your

Beauty and smell your cologn

WHITE TULIP

A white tulip waits

For a Kiss of Sun

you arrive

It straightens

Tall

To meet you

Its Pedals open

Wide

To greet you

Then you are gone

In silence

It bows its head

A white tulip waits

For a Kiss of Sun

COUNT

One Bubble

Two Bubbles

Three

I count them as they pass

Around the Music Box

One Bubble

Two Bubbles

Three

I listen to the sad songs

and count

One Bubble

Two Bubbles

Three

I Cry for you and count

One Bubble

Two Bubbles

Three

POISON IVY

Love is like poison ivy

It makes you itch and scratch

Love is like a field of flowers

Blowing by a rippling lake

Love is like a hot summers day

And a cool evening breeze

Love is like an unexpected hand

In yours when you least expect it

Love is like a cool flowing river

That covers your whole body

Love is like a soft bed and

Warm arms to surround you

Love is walks down

Quiet paths

Love is memories

When we are old

Love is our imagination

And our dreams

Love is like poison ivy

It makes you itch and scratch

DOLPHIN LADY

They called her their little brother

The Dolphin lady

She would wait on the sands of

The bay for her dolphin friends to

Come and Play

They would ride the currents

Wherever they went

Through paths in the kelp beds

Through the receding tide

Into the deeper blue water to

The point where the

Deep Blue of Sea meets

the Deep Blue of the Sky

To this day you can see

The dolphin lady riding

With her dolphin friends

In the clouds near the sea

By the sands of the bay

THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER

It stands alone in a

Cold snow-swept garden.

The Last Rose of summer

Dressed all in frost

A drop of dew is frozen halfway

Down a pedal

It could be a tear from a

Lost Lover

Petrified by winters blast

Preserved on pedals of red

And stems of green

Waiting till it can find

The warmth of spring

The last rose of summer stands

Dressed in frost

It stands alone

In a cold snow swept garden

Waiting

THE DREAM

In a deep sleep I had a dream

I dreamt I died and in that eternal

Firmament an angel I became

And by your side I was Placed

To give you solace with my grace.

In times of need I was there

With a heart full of care

Throughout your life

By your side I did abide

To grant you happiness inside.

My love I did not hide in this eternity

By your side

SWEETHEART DEFINED

Love is like

A favorite candy

Once you taste it

You crave it

Even after

It is gone

The taste is never

Forgotten, but

Often longed for

That is why

Lovers are Sweethearts

RAVENS HAIR

Thin fine strands

Of black ravens hair

Falls gently down

To shoulders bare

While combs glisten

In the midnight glare

Steel fingers work

Where mine should be

Gently running through

Thin fine strands

Of black ravens hair

Falling gently down

To shoulders bare

NIGHT MELODY

In the magic of the night

A quiet flower blooms

In its stalwart presence

A melody looms

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