If I could trade

If I could trade,
it would be frowns for smiles,
laughter for tears,
the company of loved ones,
rather than toiling away years....

Sharing the adventure,
mile after mile,
If I could trade,
I'd always be right at home...

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In the dark

Someone pulled the plug,
set the nation back,
to struggle in the dark,
trains idle on the tracks,
so vain, so smug,
humanity a lark...

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Days of games

London is ablaze,
warriors in battle,
days of games,
records to rattle,
a competion craze,
these Olympic flames....

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Sentimental Rose

I am a sentimental Rose
cut from the garden
where I bloomed profusely
left only my thorns
for company...
the gardener who once
so passionately pruned me
tending me with love
leaving me to wilt
left in a vase untended

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The Olympians

They hold council,
and dazzle us all...
crushing the Titans,
how epic the fall,
Olympus their mountain,
the Pantheon their hall,
Deities of myth,
twelve in all....

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It's my time now

It's my time now,
I'll do as I please,
rise with the sun,
or sleep till noon...
I toiled for years
to call my time
my own....

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Lavender

There's a field in France I dream of often,
covered in Lavender as far as the eye can see,
the fragrance floating on a gentle breeze...
and though I've never been, it's like coming home...

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