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Best Poems From
RANI TURTON
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In the Shadow of the Leafless Tree
In the shadow of the leafless tree
I waited, alone with melancholy
There was nobody, nobody around
To touch, speak and see.
In the shadow of the ruined stone walls
I sat and spun my fate;
Time was passing by
But I continued to patiently wait.
In the shadow of a moonlit night
I counted the birds of prey;
I walked in to the sound of swishing boughs
And my soul then tried to pray.
I walked on with my shadow, as though
It was my greatest friend
No companion could be more faithful
To me until the journey's end.
Copyright: Rani Turton
Rani Turton
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Instants
These fragments of time
Dewdrops in an oasis of a lifetime
Distance, duration and enduring
Instants transfixed by memory
Transferred to the mind and brain
These moments of memorizing who
What why when where
Life flows on, and episodes blend into episodes
Chapters begin, end, pause;
Instants of grace, intense and fleeting
Love heals all, even by a chance meeting.
Copyright 2008 Rani Turton
Rani Turton
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Leaves (How They Do Fall)
Leaves, how they do fall;
Do they happen to wonder at all
Why the earth happens to turn
And them, with seasons spurned.
When they fall onto the earth
Carpetting the ground with their mirth
Do they think of the spring
And the life that it will finally bring?
That the cycle of life begins
That the waltze of seasons spins
Now leaves tumble and fall
One more autumn, one more fall.
Copyright: Rani Turton
Rani Turton
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Lessons I Never Learned
Backbencher in grief schooling;
Never able to rationalize my loss;
Questioning pain as though life was
Just another dice's toss.
Whenever I thought of death
Or of people going away;
My breath stuck in my throat
And grief walked beside me that day.
I never learned the right way or the wrong way
Towards and away from loss;
I never thought it could be so hard;
I guess my learning was full of flaws.
Copyright: Rani Turton
Rani Turton
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