. Poetry from The Great In-Between: Memoirs from the Book of Secrets

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Memoirs from the Book of Secrets

Press play and let the music wash over you as you read.
Salute.


Have you ever looked deep
Into the mirror

And wondered if you've really
Done enough
Left something tangible
Something future

Generations can listen
See or read through
And make a fuss

A legacy of your vision or dreams
Stories they maybe can trace
Through a time

When you were once young
And free

Chasing life
Filled with deep dreams

Or drunk and lucid
Spilling stories whilst licked up
On Loves delicious red wine

What do you see
When you look really deep

Into the Mirrors of Time

Past all the makeup
Wrinkles
Beards
Or eyes that still might pine

One holiday a year
Smiles in the 2 week hot
Sun.

Then back to work
Grinding hard through the
Year

For a return
To your only perk

Is that the only legacy
You're going to leave
To describe your dreams

Is that the lonely story
Of your lifetime

Or are you going to reach
Deep into the breech 

Place your chips on life's ever
Spinning roulette's

And create a new legacy
They'll never be ashamed to forget

Copyright John Duffy 2019

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