A love in verse

No Complaints

2005-06-11
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I’m only cheerful cos I’m here 

In a room with you

Your sleeping breath is soft and dear

Your snores are graceful too 


Were I not here I’d be less glad

Not beating round the bush

Love doesn’t stop us feeling bad

And stressed by life’s long push


Love doesn’t turn us into saints

But I love you, you me

That’s all – enough though – no complaints

Just simply: let it be 


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Away

I passionately long to stand, hands in the bowl

Washing up, looking out onto our sunlit garden.

I long to see a cat move sleepily and pause

Strange Summers

Strange summers, sometimes, heavily imbued

With music of uncertain pitch, have come

As we have laboured in the luxury...