Love Of A Wet Road

Love Of A Wet Road

By Lord R.e. Taylor

On a Spring or Autumn day

Just before the end of a shower

The air is cool enough for a fog

Raindrops glisten in the trees

The road shimmers in the light

And life begins to echo through the trees

However, there is a unique sound

One which only comes at certain times

When tires and the wet road meet as one

A haunting melody drifts up

Filling the air with sounds never heard

Strange and yet somehow comforting

More beauty from a Spring/Autumn day

© Poem – III/XXX/MMXXII

LRET

Photo ‘borrowed’ from Dave Brae

 

A Bad Day

A Bad Day

By Lord R.e. Taylor

It does not take much

Just a man or a woman

Having a bad day

Then someone says something

A button is pushed

And a little over thirty minutes later

Ten million people die in a flash of light

They never even know it happened

Never had a chance to say goodbye

All because of someone having a bad day

© Poem – III/XXVIII/MMXXII

LRET

 

A Perfect Day

A Perfect Day

By Lord R.e. Taylor

A perfect day

The warm Sun is shining

A perfect day for a bike ride

© Poem – III/XXVII/MMXXII

LRET

 

Because Of A Smile

Because Of A Smile

By Lord R.e. Taylor

So long he was held down

Told that he was worthless

Mistreated and tortured

He lost the person he was

Became a non-entity

Always alone and never wanted

Then one day the Sun rose in the sky

Followed by a rainbow and a miracle

For the first time he saw that there was hope

He saw a woman he had only dreamed about

She walked past and flashed him a smile

Hope turned into strength and strength into freedom

He broke the chains which made him a prisoner

For the first time in his life, he was a man

And he found everything he had never known

All because of the smile of a woman

© Poem – III/XXVI/MMXXII

LRET

 

Tattered Pages

Tattered Pages

By Lord R.e. Taylor

You are a true mystery and an enigma

All wrapped within your pages

No one knows when you were written

Or even who took their time to write you

There is no sense of the travels you had

How many people saw you and read you

Did you make a difference in their lives

Or did you terrorize whole communities

We may never know the legend that is you

But even with all your tattered pages

We are just happy that you are still here

And you will be for as long as we care about you

An unknown part of history which begs to be known

© Poem – III/XXV/MMXXII

LRET

 

Ukraine

Ukraine

By Lord R.e. Taylor

You have been through so much

More than any people deserve

You have felt pain and loss

Death beyond any measure

But you stayed strong through it all

Ukraine you will never lose

You will stand tall and fight

You will survive and thrive

That is just who you are 

And who you always will be

© Poem – III/XXIII/MMXXII

LRET

 

Icarus’ Wings

Icarus’ Wings

By Lord R.e. Taylor

Trying to be happy

Even for just a moment

For him it is impossible

Like Icarus flying too high

He may try and try

Over and over and over again

Just when his dreams are about to be realized

He always loses his wings 

That man will never give up

He just makes better wings 

Then tries and tries again

Knowing one day he will reach the Sun

And he, for the first time, will be happy

© Poem – III/XXII/MMXXII

LRET