A Heart Shot from Flight
There it soared free
In the sky above all lands
Looking down in an innocence
Till love shot it down
A heart brought to the earth
Taken in the name of sport
Left to the lay in the dirt
While the sun blazing over head
Time passed into nothingness
While rain clouds gathered
The sky it cried and cried
Till the land beneath flooded
To drown the heart shot from flight
To allow a peaceful rest
To say goodnight
poem by Matthew Holloway
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A change of wardrobe
A change of wardrobe
~
a time has come to change
throw out the tattered rags
the old worn threads
usher in some new colour
brighter and more cheerful
something fresh to wear
a more comfortable fit
a sharper look to be seen in
a time has come to change
redress the wardrobe
and improve the self
cast away the old suits
which had seen better days
and step out to be seen
a newer you awaits
a change of wardrobe
poem by Matthew Holloway
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All That’s Beautiful
Of all that’s beautiful
To begin there is you
And the sun and the sky
The melody of a song
The colour of a flower
The scent of perfume
The rhyme of a poem
Or an artists painting
As beautiful as they are
They do not compare
With the beauty of you
You are the one
Who makes me smile so
Puts a beat to my heart
And skip in my step
So that all I shall ever think
Of all that’s beautiful
To begin there is you
poem by Matthew Holloway
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To the river
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Another day has dawned
The skies an overcast grey
I pull on my boots and coat
Just to get out of my own way
Through streets walking
Without purpose or conversation
To the river I go
To the river I shall gift my soul
Like the poet, taught me to love
I shall be writ to water
Flowing effortless and free
Stripped the control of thought
Leaving myself behind
To the river I shall go
To the river I gift my soul
poem by Matthew Holloway
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Were We to Finally Kiss
Were we to finally kiss
An embrace of my every dream
That I would feel the touch
Of your tender lips
And know all that is beautiful
By the grace of your touch
My heart would be yours
For all of the asking
Those words I dare not speak
All the I love you speeches
I’ll keep withheld
You are so beautiful to me
And hold place so high
Were we to finally kiss
I would struggle to believe
It were more than a dream
poem by Matthew Holloway
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A world of love
A world of love
~
To all the world is love
and love is to all the world
where a heart finds a home
and a smile says so much
where a soul is found
a gazing look lights the eye
that song, that joy
all that is beautiful
love is all the world
and still more besides
love is the star lit heavens
the endless sky
the bottomless oceans
and flowing rivers
the mountains and forest
love is home
where the heart is found
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In the face of the rain
In the face of the rain
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It can fall for all I care
I will stand in face of it all
It has washed away my tears
It has cooled my desires
Answered my thirst
And washed my soul
The rain it still falls
Stand out in the rain
Look the clouds in the eye
Feel it coming down
And lay arms open wide
The rain can fall and fall
We can stand and feel its touch
Looking up into that sky
In the face of the rain
There is life
poem by Matthew Holloway
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I love you
I love you
~
It is in your smile
your laughter
your deep brown eyes
this love began
where it still remains
I count each day
as a mark of fortune
how lucky I am
to have found you
I see how you care
watch over me
I feel your love
the touch of your lips
thrills me
I hold your hand
look into your eyes
cherish every moment
that I am given with you
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Remember me
Remember me
~
remember me
not as I said goodbye
but as I led my life
the memories I left behind
the values I kept
remember me
in all these ways
should we not meet again
let not our last words
be a simple goodbye
but a, I love you
hope to see you soon
and take care
remember me
for all my words
without false promise
without malice
I tried to be kind
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Written words
Written words
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Where the written words
Depict the heart itself
How can it fail to touch the soul
The beauty of language
In the expression of thought
Is the unbound creation
Within us all
It is know as humane beauty
The life breath
A belief in a dream
Immortal and thought filled
Alive upon the page
There the written word exists
Reflecting the world
Depicting the heart itself
How can it fail to touch
A human soul
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