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John Trainor

John Trainor

Deidres Lament

Watch you go,
Cold as snow,
Salt and blood.
 
Graved in stone,
Old friends gone,
Tears on cheeks.
 
Gone before,
Waiting for,
Patient task.
 
Into light,
No more fight,
Last breath passed,
 
Peace at last!

(2012)

#AndDeathGrief

Altre opere di John Trainor...
A kicking from the Kirk, a booting from the Baptist mafia, choking from a Catholic. I’m still here!

For all the bejeebus believers. Your sight is flawed, Your faith is false. Your certainty of soul salvation, A promise and a lie.
The Ex

What is this fad collecting Exes… I am so glad we stayed friends. Oh yes he was over for the weekend… Now I know it’s nice to be nice. But banish the Ex to the fog of h…
For Good Night Paula XXX

I wanted to say that my friend die… She’s gone from this world for goo… We’ll never meet up, eat some lunc… And I’m sad about that for good. She was adversity’s friend but was…
 1
Suicide

You shouldn’t have to live because… It’s not that I don’t love you or… It’s just that sometimes the pain… We live in a society where suicide… Failure.
 2
Drunken Poetry

I’ll write some drunken poetry, It may not even rhyme. It doesn’t rhyme. It’s not even poetry. You soft lad!
Eight Lettered Scrabble

Don’t go yet! We have barely found the consonant… I love you You love me Four plus four!
Memories of Mary

High platform shoes, Seventies mullets, Tight perm hairdos, Fadgies like bullets. Fadgies that harden,
 1
The wronged wife.

Did you see? In her eyes, That sparkle? I think she knew you once, Or twice!
Black Dogging

It’s the blackest of black dogs, That steals your will and runs wit… Like a stick in its mouth, Not towards but away. Away.
Perspective

Oh how we laughed, Cried, Fought, Tried, To make sense of our lives shaped…
Christmas 2022

Christmas may be merry, Or then it may be not. It may be filled with loss and mis… People who’re not there and wishin… They were.
Hunting for fire dragons in the park

Crisp cold crunch of boots through… Silent, skeletal trees, hiding lit… Yet, you must watch for movement i… For fire dragons can sleep in stea… Still.
 1
Dad

Before I could even speak or know… He told me what I should believe. He told me what I should achieve. He told me how proud he was of me. He told me when I was a disappoin…
Light Pollution

Mankind has filled the darkness, With violence and death, Death and hate, Hate and fear. He bleeds the planet dry to light.
 1
Song for Luke

Eyes of blue, I saw them in a pho… Look at me I’m the one who sired… Walk on by. Walk on by. Baby face, like looking in a mirro…



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