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Shy
A pretty woman
Smiled at me yesterday
With eyes that said
“Are you going my way?”
Flushed with embarrassment
I looked away
Then walked on –
Alone
Mark Catlin
June 2016
Only The Dead
At the sound of gunfire
People drop dead
I wonder what goes through
The assassins heads
The point at which they take a life
The mother, father, husband, child or wife
The pointless murder
Of all those in between
An automatic weapon
And twisted beliefs
At the carnage
I would stand appalled
Like many others….
My blood would run cold
Thoughts of causes, solutions all these acts
Of pointless violence back to back
Religion, money, politics and law
All conspire crying for more, more and more
Those in between you, them and me
Trying to live out our lives peacefully
And while I listen in disgust
At those who cry more
In my head I hear this quote..
Only the dead have seen the end of war (Plato)
Mark Catlin
November 2015.