Crossroads

By Phil Hope

Crossroads is a book of 24 poems written by author and poet Phil Hope

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Feb 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781483518848

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1.

Casting Shadows

Flickering candle in the hall

to this vast mansion standing tall

The people they come and go

casting shadows on the wall

I sit there in space-time

writing down the lines

Thinking about it all

in amazement, it does enthral…

There is no mind

yet a beating heart

To the tune of which

we all play our part

I get up to my feet, open up a door

Walk in to an empty room and then across the floor

Looking up I do see - paintings you’d adore

of persons that have been and long gone before

Sunlight beams shine upon the dust

floating in the air

Lighting up the room

into the corner with the wooden chair

Echoes of the past start to call

in the banquet Hall

Feasts fit for the Kings,

Ladies and the Ball

Music and the jester

goblets full of wine

fine food on the tables

no-one is keeping time

Flickering candle in the hall

to this vast mansion standing tall

The people they come and go

casting shadows on the wall

I sit there in space-time

writing down the lines

Thinking about it all

In amazement, it does enthral

2.

New Shades

Here’s a view of the world

through my new shades with tinted glass –

I don’t think it will

but sure like it to last

- Every one is unique – the way that we look, the way we speak

But we all close our eyes – at night when we sleep

So hold on tight to the good

memories and the times

& things that you’ve seen

Experience says’ ‘it’s good to have a dream’

Here’s a view of the world

through my new shades with tinted glass

I better do it now

or the