by Tom Mcgreevy | Aug 13, 2007 | Poetry
My Wife she’ll never realize Just what I have been through For what I did endure For what I’ve had to do Now I’m back in civvies street The fears should drift away But simple things that happen Bring instincts back to play Walking past an alley An itching in my feet...
by Tom Mcgreevy | Aug 8, 2007 | Poetry
The operative lay watching The dew of early Dawn The smell of farmhouse cattle Alone and so forlorn Three days in this position A hide just up the hill Waiting for his target So patient and so still Just listening and watching For goings to and fro Peeing in his...
by Tom Mcgreevy | Jul 20, 2007 | Poetry
Watch for me when I have gone I could be a moth, I could be a Swan A bird on your shoulder, a feather from high I could be a cloud, way up in the sky The signs will be there If only you’ll see The energy I’m sending To you, from me ! Relax in bed and read my poems The...
by Tom Mcgreevy | Jul 20, 2007 | Poetry
Cancer fills my thoughts All day and every night It rules my life, it’s always there Alone, I shake with fright It grows inside, a silent threat A time bomb in my body And when it blows, it spreads itself Not even saying sorry Alone I cry, alone I sob “ Why me ? “ I...
by Tom Mcgreevy | Jul 11, 2007 | Poetry
The Argies laid the minefields They didn’t tell us where I’m standing in the middle My only feeling, fear ! I wandered in whilst on patrol A Recce in the dark The Rupert said “ An easy task, A long walk in the park “ I feel so lonely standing here Afraid to move my...
