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Aly Bahr Poem
What to me is a friend?
Someone who doesn't pretend
They're true to my face
My faults they embrace
They'll stay with me to the end
They share my joy and pain
Through sunshine and rain
They cry when I'm sad
And laugh when I'm glad
Don't care if I'm timid or vain
So where do I find one of these?
Don't grow on bushes like peas
Right here in you
My friend ever true
We surf life's stormy seas
Copyright © Aly Bahr | Year Posted 2023
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When I was young
I wondered why
I couldn't reach up
And touch the sky
I thought I only
Had to grow tall
Couldn't reach it
'cause I was too small
But then I grew up
And came to understand
The sky wasn't something
You could touch with your hand
My longing to touch
The stars diminished
And I felt my dream
Was truly finished
But now I find
Since I've grown old
My dreams have changed
No longer raw and bold
The longing wasn't wrong
It was something true
On a different plane
It's what I needed to do
Don't lose your dreams
Whatever they be
I'll tell you a secret
Between you and me
Every dream is needed
To lead to the true
Place in your life
To be truly you
Copyright © Aly Bahr | Year Posted 2024
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Another day, another way
Another year, another tear
Another place, different space
Old book, new look
Old fears, new tears
Look back, different tack
Loose ends, old friends
Say goodbye, heavy sigh
Another pickle, life's fickle
Must fight, no light
Money spent, anger pent
New sun, nothing done
Seeds sown, food grown
Another hour, pretty flower
Birds tweet, so sweet
Cold frost, plants lost
Bent over, search clover
No luck, still stuck
Blue sky, can't fly
Soul bare, I care
Drugged nutter, dirty gutter
Back lane, insane
Hair lank, face blank
Empty mind, chose blind
Find peace, wars cease
Old world, flag furled
Modern world, Brain curled
No room, such gloom
Brain flop, full stop.
Copyright © Aly Bahr | Year Posted 2023
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The swing stands still
The seat is broken
Like my heart
With words unspoken
When other children come to play
I feel like saying "go away"
This swing belongs to a special girl
With lovely blonde hair that tends to curl
She's the girl who's in my heart
But we've been savagely dragged apart
This swing is full of memories
Of happy laughter and melodies
While I pushed you on this swing
Many a joyful song we'd sing
These songs echo in my head
And my heart fills with dread
Are you happy or are you sad?
Is your life good or are things really bad?
I wish I could be there to hug you when you sigh
To hold you close when something makes you cry
To wipe the tears from your lovely face
To bring you back to a happier place
But the system says that's wrong
Only a mother can love that strong
Copyright © Aly Bahr | Year Posted 2023
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Thunderous storm
Taking form
Black cloud
Dark shroud
Dogs yowling
Wind howling
Dusty ground
Swirling round
Grasses curl
Leaves twirl
Trees rustle
People hustle
Animals flee
Kids glee
Umbrellas out
Mothers shout
I stand
Raised hand
Loving power
Heavenly shower
Lightning flash
Thunder crash
Babies cry
Mothers sigh
Up higher
Tree fire
Go hide
Inside
Watch rain
Through pane
Safe, warm
Raging storm
Passing by
Blue sky
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Come over and sit here with me
In the shade of this stately tree
I've made us a pot of herbal tea
We'll relax and watch a bumble bee
Chilling out, just you and me
Stirring our lovely cup of tea
Leave our worries all at sea
For a moment set our minds free
Copyright © Aly Bahr | Year Posted 2023
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I'm surviving
Biding my time
Filling my days
With words that rhyme
Living each day
As it arrives
Hoping my sanity
Still survives
I dream of the future
Such a time will come
That I will leave this place
When my lessons are done
I will move on
To the promised land
A future that is held
Within my own hand
A project being moulded
A pot being fired
I cannot explode
Or afford to be tired
God give me the strength
To survive each day
Hold me together
Till I pass away
Copyright © Aly Bahr | Year Posted 2024
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You don't know
How deep I go
How low I spiral down
You cannot see
That part of me
That somehow needs to drown
You cannot hear
My cry of fear
To face another day
You try to care
But I'm not there
I've somehow gone away
Inside my head
Already dead
Numbness my surround
I can't be reached
My mind is breached
Beneath me is no ground
But I can't seem to go
And I don't really know
What keeps me here in pain
And as I come back
The tears make a track
As they pour like heavy rain
To wet my face
As I wonder at grace
That has saved me one more time
What is it holds me here
Though still living in fear
One forward step is mine
What is this I feel
Holds like bands of steel
When my choice is to leave this pain
But something stops me going
Though the wish is ever growing
To never open my eyes again
Too many hard memories
Too many weird remedies
How am I supposed to cope
To get through the day
The only way
Is to take their chemical dope
So I continue to live
And of myself I give
In the hope that I can change
To somehow help you
And see you through
And halt my own mad derange.
Copyright © Aly Bahr | Year Posted 2023
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Who would believe I could be such an age
My life has turned over, page after page
So many seasons have passed me by
I understand the saying "how time doth fly"
I look in the mirror, what do I see?
Some strange old lady looking back at me
It doesn't show what I feel inside
Behind the wrinkles a younger me does hide
So much has happened in those years before
Can't be much left for me in store
The odds say for me , not much time left
When I'm gone will any be bereft?
Will any remember the things I've done
Things of joy and sorrow under the sun
Achievements and losses, highs and lows
Even I can't remember how it all goes
I've been abused and hated, pushed and shoved
Cuddled and kissed, cared for and loved
Experience must be my middle name
I've been through it all, but not to my shame
What happened to me wasn't always my choice
Though sometimes I did follow the wrong voice
But the good and the bad that happened to me
Shaped me into the person you now see
So I look in the mirror at the old face there
And I can't help feeling it's a little unfair
The spirit inside doesn't fit that sight
Though my limbs feel heavy, my heart's still light
My body is clumsy and hard to move
But in my soul my feet still groove
In my mind I dance and run free
But my tired old body won't do it for me
That image in the mirror that now looks old
Was once a young girl, brave and bold
Someone with dreams and deep fears
Someone for whom had not lapsed all these years
Someone who was lively and fair of face
But that youngster had not yet found her place
Ironically that place is here and now
And so this old lady will soon take a bow.
Copyright © Aly Bahr | Year Posted 2023
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I wish my brother
The best of us in a damaged family
Hadn't died
He was my best friend through the years
He kept me level headed and laughing at life
I wish I hadn't gone fishing that day
And missed my brother calling in
It would have been one more time
That I had seen him
Before he left this world
I wish I hadn't hurt
So many innocent people
In my raging youth
I can't go back and apologise
Or fix it
I wish I hadn't let my mouth
Be so loose
Hurting people with careless words
A lot of pointless pain
Could have been avoided
I wish I had been stronger
For my children
When they were young
I could have saved a lot of heartache
For them and for me
I wish I had told my son
That I needed him
Wanted him to come with me
Then he wouldn't have believed
The vicious lies
I wish I could be
The grandma I'd aimed to be
And longed to be
Due to inability to move much
That got lost
I wish I hadn't been so careless
With caring for my body
Through the years
A little bit of caution
And I wouldn't now be crippled
I wish I could
Have my physical health back
But that is no longer an option
Only a miracle
Can change it all
I wish I could find
My old sense of humour
But it's buried too deep
In the physical
And emotional pain
I wish there was a way
To let my mate know
How much I truly love and appreciate him
But no words or gifts
Will ever suffice
I wish there was a way
To stop spiralling down
A little more each day
I don't know how to fight it
Anymore
I wish my time to go
Was here and now
My spirit longs to be freed
But the time
is not mine to choose
Copyright © Aly Bahr | Year Posted 2024
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