by Jon Lawton | Nov 29, 2011 | Poetry
I exist I do not live I remember living once But that time has passed I breathe, I eat, I drink But that is not life Love does not exist for me A memory faint in my heart One day the pain will cease And I will not exist A faint memory in her...
by Jon Lawton | Nov 19, 2011 | Poetry
At night the dawn seems far away My thoughts and memories collide in confusion Pain and hope merge in my dreams as one With dawn, reality brings hope
by Jon Lawton | Nov 18, 2011 | Poetry
Deep thoughts echoing in my mind Memories of feelings and images from long ago A smell, a sound, the dejavu of my past existence Resounding in my soul for eternity
by Jon Lawton | Oct 14, 2006 | Poetry
There are degrees of horror, a soldier knows well He keeps them inside and never will tell. The death of an animal is the first one, Accidental not meant, still shot with a gun. The second a soldier, an enemy not friend, With a pull of the trigger, his life will he...
by Jon Lawton | Oct 7, 2006 | Poetry
Guns roar, tracer fly’s, another British soldier dies, Bodies heap while you’re asleep, the anguished cries of widows weep. The crack of rounds, a soldier’s down, the howling scream of battle sounds. As rockets stream into the air, the wounded shriek it...
