Cast Off....

There was a time

When we almost

Shared the same

Coat and delved

Into sticky pockets

Touched trains of

Thinking and even

Tickled pink with

Witty witticisms

Somehow that coat

No longer fits

Our separation

A cold draught

Of isolation has

Weakened our bond

As with ebbing tide

Waving its shoreline

What once enticed

Our knowing

Has gained wisdom

To see beyond a

First infatuation

Our friendship

Is resigned to being

Off casts of each other…

©Copyright Eileen T O’Neill 27/06/2016

All Sorts....

Bullies sneak out from corners

Or from behind a comfort zone,

Seeking to unnerve and ruffle.

They devour friendships with glee

And torture without any remorse.

Prim and proper little ladies,

Can injure with wagging tongues,

They nip and pick, nip and pick.

Tormentors have little appetite

For a soft spot of consideration

Or afterthoughts of contrition.

Bullying types perfect their trade,

Freely venting hatred and worry

With an aggressive swagger,

Until a lapse in attentiveness

Discloses unscrupulous actions.

Without any defining marks,

A bully can often be revealed

As your last best friend.

©Copyright Eileen T O’Neill 19/05/2016

Poets United Mid-Week Motif ~ Bullying..

http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/poets-united-midweek-motif-bullying.html

False Gods....

The glory days are to be revealed

Somewhere upon the next horizon,

Alongside tomorrow’s worn promises.

This unhealthy and unhappy world

Is down at the mouth and at heel,

Clinging to uprising after uprising;

Arabic discontentment and change,

Now fractured in total disharmony,

While rusting tin huts still house many

Outstanding hopes for Soweto’s people.

Rally cries craved betterment for all,

But life carries on in its fixed glories.

Mumbai’s opulence hurries past those

Dwelling upon fringes of pavements;

The riches fail to trickle beyond caring.

Northern Ireland has fought within

And beyond itself and its ambitions for

Too many wasted lifetimes;

All and simply everything and more,

Fails to satisfy unending demands

While daily threats still remain.

Worlds of martyrdom and witness

Urge and encourage daily revolutions,

Destabilising and fracturing territories

With old familiars of rhetoric spat out;

Same old messages return the same results.

Little changes for the victim in the street.

The mechanics of political ideology and the

Military might of the heavy handed,

Eventually are exposed as trending false gods.

©Copyright Eileen T O’Neill 24/02/2016

Poets United Mid-Week Motif ~ Martyrdom/Witness ~

http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/poets-united-midweek-motif-martyrdom.html

Life's Autobiography....

Life’s statistics and coordinates

Recorded as actions and words;

Entries in neatly penned diaries,

Quickly scrawled snippets of paper

Uneven and ruffled around the edges,

But with pertinent timings or thoughts

Referenced and noted for another time.

Tickets, maps, receipts and photographs,

Prompt forgotten places and dates,

Long after those days have passed.

Diaries return good times in recorded

Happenings, or spell out disappointment.

Blank entries leave wonderment about

Non-events or perhaps unremarkable

Or unforgettable days, when time was

Occupied by living the moment.

Bundles of diaries collected in boxes;

Interesting vignettes of a tangible life lived.

©Copyright Eileen T O’Neill 22/02/2016

Sharing the Journey....

Stepping out together

With commitments and

Marriage vows as shiny

Our wedding rings.

The newness and the sparkle

There to be admired and

For others envied.

Life’s unknowns and potentials,

Reaching across a blank canvas

Yet to be infilled with experiences

And opportunities;

In time, the tapestry of richness matures

As evolving family responsibilities test

Challenges of flexibility and adaptability.

Life’s seasons of love draw onwards and

Anniversaries are collected as treasures;

Each year an affirmation of togetherness

While encouraging individual spirits,

Enhances and complements strengths

Blended and formed within the longevity

Of almost a lifetime of marriage;

A journey of memories shared along the way.

©Copyright Eileen T O’Neill 17/02/2016

Poets United Mid-Week Motif ~ Marriage~…

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