. Poetry from The Great In-Between

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Secret Confessions

 



(A lone voice whispers)


You're my book of revelations


Every page, a divine creation


My alpha and my omega


My rebirth through every weather


You’re the rhythm in my heartbeat


Soft and sacred when you hold me


Life and death inside your eyes


Heaven wrapped in your sighs


And if you walk away from me…

Oh girl, what would I be?


If your faith in me is gone…

Tell me how do I go on?


You’re my hope… and my joy

My night… and my day

Don’t you ever drift away


You’re my light… when I’m lost


The only truth I can’t deny

Girl, you’re my reason why


Oh stay… stay… don’t fade away


You’re the song my soul can’t destroy

My hope… my joy…


If you leave, I’d be in shadows

Dancing with my broken echoes


Every prayer would sound your name

Every tear would fall the same


You’re the fire in my silence


The calm within my storm of violence


Only you have ever known

The child inside I’ve never shown


So if in me you don’t believe…

Girl, that’s all I’d ever need


To fall apart, to lose my way…

Don’t let our love just fade to grey…


(C) Copyright John Duffy 


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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

The Heart Shaped Tattoo

 


The Heart Shaped Tattoo 


(A lone voice whispers)


Some say

To love and lose


Is still better

To have not heard its love song


Filled with rhythm and blues


And that's why my lost love


I'll always love you


For you once lit a fuse

So beautifully


But fire don’t last forever

When it burns too deep in me


Love don’t fade away

Even when it breaks in two


Time can’t steal the flame

That still leads me back to you


And that's why I'll always treasure

Its heart shaped tattoo


Even if the ink runs faded

Baby, I still feel you


'Cause to me

You'll never ever be old news


No… you’ll never be old news


We danced

Through highs and lows


Like a record spinning stories


Only broken lovers know


Yeah, we lost the melody

But I still hum our tune


Maybe love ain't perfect

But it leaves a mark that stays


And every scar you gave me

Lights a brighter kind of way


Love don’t fade away

Even when it breaks in two


Time can’t steal the flame

That still leads me back to you


And that's why I'll always treasure

Its heart shaped tattoo


Even if the ink runs faded

Baby, I still feel you


'Cause to me

You'll never ever be old news


No… you’ll never be old news


Maybe we were never meant to stay

But you taught my heart how to feel this way


And even if you're gone

Your love made me strong


Now I can love again

Carry on


And that's why I'll always treasure

Its heart shaped tattoo


Not a mark of something broken

But a love I made it through


'Cause to me

You'll never ever be old news


No… you’ll never be old news


You were my rhythm…

Now I found my blues turn gold


(C)

Copyright John Duffy 


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Secret Confessions