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Malcolm O'Doul's Collected Poetry

by Forest J. Handford [US2003071882]

Redemption

The darkness is revealed and our future unsure,
The time for heroes has returned.
Pure in their hearts as well as their souls,
We must face the demons who have sprung from their holes.

Do we trust our nocturnal neighbors,
Or do we strike our own destiny?
Their powers are immense,
but our numbers can prevail.

The death count has risen,
Who stands to fight the killers?
The One Giver's silence is a sign to all,
We have ignored our duty to ourselves.

A time of reckoning is upon us,
We must shun the sweet words of the betrayer.
Our lives may be forfeit but our freedom remains,
Choose to follow your spirit and redeem your soul.

Dee

Her kisses devine.
Her body is a sweet elegance in Satyr form.
In human form she is a burst of beauty.
Enrapt from her intellegent discourse,
My heart swells to epic extent.
Miles away from her I must despare.

She is a chef of the extradinaire,
Her perfections of food entice you to taste.
Dee's exquisite scent cancels all haste.
Such a wonderful woman could never be replaced.
Such a perfect pleasure to have her warm embrace.

Lost

Drown out the pain,
Drown out the sorrow.
It’s a scream in the dark,
A howl at the moon.
The emotion overwhelms leaving me lost.
Lost at sea,
Lost on the highway,
Lost at home.
I can’t have what I need,
I can’t need what I have.
Alone in the dark,
Alone in the sorrow.
The compass was crushed,
The map was burned.
I can’t find what I want,
It’s as beyond me as man is from mars.
I had it once,
It was there in the light.
I held it in my hand like a trophy.
It didn’t stop the search,
It was no trophy.
It was a beginning and I need an end.
But now that it’s gone my sight has returned.
It was what I sought, it was the end.

Queen Mab

Queen Mab was taken,
The kingdom is shaken,
It's a bad time for such horror to awaken.

The red star appears,
It rings true with our fears,
Is this message of death sure to bring tears?

The voices won't relent,
Our minds are what they attempt to dent,
Only banality will make them content.

The commodore appears to bring hope,
Her message of democracy is ignored by all but a dope,
With her racism how will the Pooka cope?

Cold Iron was the pirate's war cry,
Mab claimed innocence in her reply,
The pirates say her innocence was all a lie.

The constitution is faulty to this very day,
Leaving Childers without a say,
The pirates feel the Childers must learn to obey!

The candidates are a joke,
Not one is a decent bloke,
Queen Mab was better for all folk.

Missing

Childers disappear,
The Sluagh know we must fear,
Brave Doyle protects.

Stepfather

He's not my father,
At best he's a pretender.
At worst he's a thief,
My family is his favored victim.

At best he's a pretender,
Telling her lies of love.
At worst he's a thief,
Stealing her heart with deceit.

Telling her lies of love,
Only she believes his awful words.
Stealing her heart with deceit,
He makes me wish I wasn't so weak!

Only she believes his awful words,
He and I know the truth.
He makes me wish I wasn't so weak,
I could have revenge with his defeat.

He and I know the truth,
He's not my father.
At worst he's a thief,
My family is his favored victim..

The Unknown Beauty

I saw her gracefulness.
I saw her style.
She saw my selfishness.
She saw my smile.

I wished she would talk.
She wished I would walk.
I played the fool and stayed the night.
She played the innocent and avoided my sight.

Still the next day,
She refused to play.
Still the next day,
I tried not to obey.

To this day we still haven't met,
To this day I still look her way.
The path to this day I'll not forget.
The path to her heart is still hidden away.

My Love

I’ve never known anybody like you.
My life didn’t really begin until the day I met you.
You make life worth living.
I’d throw any life away just to be with you,
I wouldn’t hesitate to say yes.
I’d follow you to the ends of the earth just to hear your voice once a day.
I’d fly to mars just to see your beautiful face.
I love you.
When I enter a room that you’re not in,
I’m disappointed because at that instant I’m truly alone,
Even if the room is filled with all my friends and family.
I can’t imagine growing old with anybody but you.
I can’t imagine having children with anybody but you.

People

The people who should like me the least are the ones who like me the most.
Its not that I haven't tried,
Its not that I haven't lied,
It’s that most people want what they don't have,
It’s that most people aren’t happy with what they do have.
Is there a way to win or am I destined to fail?
It never matters because I’ll survive.
Destiny will die and I will thrive.
I will survive and I will thrive.

The Saddest of Cycles

Father will you play?
No son, I'm too busy.
Father will you stay?
No son, I'm too busy.

Son, will you play?
...
Son will you stay?
...

Son will you play?
No father, I'm too busy.
Son will you stay?
No father, I'm too busy.

I'm Without

Always so empty,
Always so cold,
I must have it back now,
Before I grow old.

Life was perfect:
When I was afraid to go,
When I was afraid to see,
When I was afraid to experience.

Always so empty,
Always so cold,
I must have it back now,
Before I grow old.

Life is perfect:
When I go,
When I see,
When I experience.

Always so empty,
Always so cold,
I must have it back now,
Before I grow old.

Life became ironically depressing:
Now that I've gone,
Now that I've seen,
Now that I've experienced.

Always so empty,
Always so cold,
I must have it back now,
Before I grow old.

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