To be an Astronaut

To be an astronaut would be fun
Rocket to the moon or blown to kingdom come
Either way you'll see the stars
Whole, one would hope, or in many parts
Distance is irrelevant, for this we cannot yet comprehend
Time, on the other hand, is guaranteed one day to end
So there you have it, life's history captured in a spacemans helmet bowl
Except to say farewell or, as the Americans would say, 'goodbye yoll'.

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Mental case

I'm a mental case I know I am
The world is square and not round
Ducks ‘cluck' and Chickens ‘quack'
I wish the world could be turned back
Life could be ‘simples' I hear Meerkats say
But for whom - not me - not you
Let's get it together before we fall apart
We have only one life so where do we start?
Life is for living, nothing else will do
Except if the world was perfect
I would name it after me if not you.

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Early Morning

Between the shutters I can see
A light far away shining at me
It's 4 in the morning and nothing is going on
But the light fascinates me, I wonder where it's from?
And as I lie awake wondering what to say
I realise that this thing is slowly moving away
Curious I move my head to get a better view
When a cloud crosses its path and obscures it too
Not deterred I gaze at the sky hoping it'll come back soon
Then suddenly I see it again, for it's our moon.

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Breaking Free

Got to break free from these woe's
Like ivy strangling loves mistletoe
Though fate's hand may have been dealt
It will pass and therefore I must think positive and wait
I'm not afraid enveloped by a shadow of gloom
For I dance to a different cosmic tune
And as fate can change like the weather
Sometimes turbulent or soft as from a breeze of a feather
The sun will always be there to guide me - even in the darkest of times
Leading me along a path where spirits grow and stars always shine

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Froggy Toes

I woke up in the middle of the night
at something that gave me a terrible fright
there at the bottom of my bed
were 10 strange things painted in red
and as my eyes adjusted so
they began to dance and put on a show
first they moved up and down
then began to spin round and round
frightened I pulled up my sheet
only to see that they were attached to my feet
As I began to slowly wake from my slumber
the 10 toes began to do their last number
and as I watched all in agog
I laughed when I saw they were joined by my frog.

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Lavender

There's something about lavender that excites me
Like driving through Provence in an old 2CV
Roof rolled back, windows flipped open
Feel the sun on my face and smell fresh fragrance of pollen
Arm out and hand feeling the passing air
Trying to catch the essence of what is there
This is not a time, a moment, a second to be missed
When what you see, in mind and spirit, is bliss
So when I came across rows of bluish purple hue
I stopped, opened a bottle and drank a glass or two
And as I watched the sun slowly set in all its splendour
I toasted the one they call lavender

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Arms of an Angel

Arms of an angel are reaching out for me
To take me to a place where I am not ready to be
I feel her warmth and I feel her love
For I feel everything that is good pours from her above
I cannot explain why I do not let her take my hand
And guide me to a placed called ‘the promised land'
Although I have moved myself away
I know that we'll meet again some other day
For when that time comes and is right for me
I'll grasp her hand and fly with the angels for all eternity
But in the meantime it's nice to know
There's a beautiful angel watching over me whatever I do or wherever I go

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Monkey - a prologue to the end of the world

A prologue to the end of the world.

It's the middle of the night
I'm wide awake in my room
Light shinning from the streetlight and not from the moon
Pictures on the wall
Lampshade above my head
Head on my pillow, one leg out of bed
Thinking of her
Thinking of the past
Wonder what she's doing, wonder why our relationship didn't last
Not everything in life is easy
Not everything in life is there to please
Can't say I'm happy
Can't say I'm sad
Want to do more in life
Want to ride my motorbike
The world is ending soon
Where will you be?
Rocket to Mars or back to living in the trees

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Emptiness

There's an emptiness in my life that seems to burn
So I have taken a road that twists and turns
That leads to a dark place where I can't be found
Troubled nights, nightmares all around
Where life's lost souls disappear, gone forever
In a world that can be worst not better
But light is staring at me in my face
As I slowly open my eyes to the human race
What the world is doing can't be right
It never is in the land of ‘twilight'
So where are we and where do we want to go
Are we moving too fast, or is it too slow
Only you can decide where you want to be
Mine's different as I am not from this planet you see.

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Crispy Sheets

I always like to meet
Under fresh crispy sheets
To feel its coolness against my skin
I get so excited I don't know where to begin
Maybe start by putting my arms around a pillow
Then stretch out and switch on the radio
Roll over and look out of the window
Watch a cloud cross the sun and cast a shadow
Get up, make coffee and go back to bed
Pick up a book that I've just read
Turn a page and then close my eyes
And fall asleep, there's a surprise
Let the quietness drift away my dream
Lying covered in linen sheets of light cream
Only to be woken up by a cat purring in my ear
There's no place I'd rather be than here
Oh wonderful Crispy Sheets

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