WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

 

Harry's mind wandered
As he wended his way
Through crowded streets

To a special someone
Anna was his new love
And he would see her that night
As he hurried along

He could smell her hair
Feel the softness of her skin
He could even taste her
And he longed for her
As he remembered
Her smile, her kiss
Her writhing body
Then Harry stepped off the curb
Oblivious to the danger
And was struck
By a car unseen
Tossing him like a rag doll
Depositing him unceremoniously
Between car and gutter

His body lay broken
And bleeding
Where it came to rest
On the unforgiving street
And the last image in his mind
Was not the killer car
But Anna his new love
As his life ebbed away
His heart beat its last
The paramedic's best efforts
Were to no avail

A moment's carelessness
Had cost a young life
And his heart beat no more
In his broken body
But would beat once more
In another's chest
And reanimate
To bring new hope
To rekindle another's existence
Bringing a new beginning for Sally
Who, like a phoenix
Rises from the ashes

Of her frailty at the price
Of another families grief

THE BAD NEWS CAME

 

 

The news came,
As bad news does,
Out of the blue
At break neck speed
And hit me like a train
With deaths hateful sting
Numbing me to the core
Leaving me speechless
And too arid even to cry
Until the pain burst through
Bringing forth the bitter tears

As despair washed over me
Until I was drowning in sadness.
I sank in its frigid waters
To the depths of my soul
So bitter was the news
The loss so acute
I was broken in two
Lying beaten on the ground
I could feel no worse
I could sink no lower

Then like kicking an injured dog
I was struck by remorse
Like a tidal wave

A tsunami of regret
Knocking me off my feet
Why didn’t I tell her?
Why didn’t I say?
“I love you too”

EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD (6)

 

I have stood by the Anatolian salt springs

I have stood upon Lake Victoria’s shore

I have stood in the Himalayan Mountains

I have looked upon St Helens eruption in awe

I have seen many things in my long life

It is my plan to live to see many more

But I know I will never see more beauty

Now I stand beside you of that I’m sure

RELISHING THE MOMENT

 

If opportunity exposed

A glimpse of stocking top

Before my licentious eyes.

Should my perusal stop?

 

Should I avert my gaze?

From a most pleasing sight

Or consider it serendipidous

And drink in the delight

LITTLE MARY

 

Little Mary

Neat and petite

A little angel

Short and sweet

 

Little Mary

Hold my hand

As we walk

Along the Strand

 

Little Mary

Give me a kiss

On your sweet lips

My little miss

 

Little Mary

Here’s my heart

Its not much

But it’s a start

 

Little Mary

Take my hand

Then you can wear

My wedding band

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

 

She had blocked the corridor

And I had blocked her passage

And an enpasse had been reached

Which was not so easy to assuage

Eventually compromise reigned

And ground was conceided equally

And accomodations were reached

A curt embrace followed, continentaly

This led surpisingly to kissing

Then there was cuddling and huggage

And passions burned brighty

And we made love amongst the luggage

SALLY

 

Sally was a lovely girl,

The daughter of family friends

Our parents thought to interfere

To join us for the own ends

 

And being in Sally’s company

Was enjoyable and pleasing

We had always been close

Sharing jokes and teasing

 

But anything else than that

I would just have to resist her

For to have a sexual relationship

Would have been like bedding my sister

 

But I was relieved to find out

That Sally had told her mother

That it was simply immoral

To be expected to marry her brother