by Kevin M Welsh | Jun 28, 2007 | Poetry
Hallowed is that land, wherein lies your mortal frame. Blessed is your sacrifice and honoured is your name. Though, when next we meet you will not recognise me… I am not the innocent youth that once I used to be. I am not the same youth in whom once you confided and...
by Kevin M Welsh | Jun 28, 2007 | Poetry
You are on the opposite bank of the river to where I am… On your side you are where you have chosen to be … I am where I have chosen to be…between us…the ‘River Divide’. I do not wish to go to where you are…a dangerous and nasty place… I am where I want to be on my...
by Kevin M Welsh | Jun 7, 2007 | Poetry
Did you care when I sailed away to war? Did you care? Did you care when I sailed away to war? Did you care? For I was bound to leave you… And my home to see no more. Did you care when I sailed away to war? Did you care? Did you fear when the battle raged on high? Did...
by Kevin M Welsh | Mar 9, 2007 | Poetry
“Please may I have a piece of paper?…” It just rolls off my tongue…so smoothly… Just as I was taught to say it…all those years ago. My memory goes back…and I am four years old. “Please may I have a piece of paper?” There!…dead easy…no problem. The first...
by Kevin M Welsh | Mar 9, 2007 | Poetry
Me and the darkness have been constant companions Ever since I can remember. Neither friends, nor bosom buddies. It is just that we have always been together. I do not fear the dark…I respect it. I know of its misrepresentations… The dark cellar… The dark of night… My...