And so I'll Walk: And Other Poems

By Jake Rawkin

Jake Rawkin presents to you this book full of situations we all must face and few of us escape all the experiences dived into throughout this book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Oct 26, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465351883

Jake Rawkin

Jake Rawkin, ex British soldier, served the Army for seven years, he sustained a back injury resulting in his fi rst book being written during time off duties titled “And so i’ll walk”. Now, no longer serving he continues to devote his time to poetry and philosophy. He spends his time in the hills and along the coast, he remains a countryman at heart. His inspiration comes from everything he sees and experiences and sometimes from putting himself in other peoples positions. He says “poetry has replaced my previous past times, before my injury, I would devote many hours to physical training and activities I loved, I now put more time and effort into using my mind through poetry and philosophising”. Jake presents to you this, his second book of poems. He will be publishing another book of poems later in 2012. But for now enjoy this book, full of ideas that we all can associate ourselves with and about places we could all fi nd ourselves in. If you would like to contact Jake, he would welcome your emails and any thoughts on any poems you have read. [e-mail]

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And So I’ll Walk

AND OTHER POEMS

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Jake Rawkin

Copyright © 2011 by Jake Rawkin.

Library of Congress Control Number:          2011917174

ISBN:                      Hardcover                      978-1-4653-5187-6

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Contents

And So I’ll Walk

See and be blind

From treasure

Balance

For you

Darker side of my mind

A shield, apart we do not yield

Be your heart

From yourself

Being

Achieved goal and changed for

Anger fuelled

Better to have loved and lost?

Bold and true

From lovers to shudders

Beauty I heard of

Clinging on to letting go

Bleak

All seemed fine

Constricting slowly

Deaths form

Many starts to many ends

A hero

Do not just look at nature

Here

At the bay

First true love

Each second

Cavern of despair

Blue Skies of opportunity

Enable all

Destruction

Parting-Forever this time

Fires of Fury

Destruction from beauties lure

Another ending

Enough of you

Looking for love

Dolorous

Every movement

Never again

Follow our clocks

Freedom

From a glance

Don’t shut off

Inspiration anew

Gives you freedom

Guests

Remember

How do we do?

Eyebrows go up

Attention to beauty

How to woo you…

Forever we may become

I love with real love

Greet me my love

Humanities progression

Put the past behind we are told

I am a _ _ _ _

Moral compass lost one eve

Not today my friend

Falseness

In to the glooming

Mind stopping

People deserve to sing

First romance

Give me peace

How to get to hell

Passing thoughts before a first date

My friend

It comes

How to repay

Long day

Round and round we go

What is, is what is

Fury of love lost

One door closes and Another door opens

My love to a teacher,

Looks like it will rain

My Love burns

Parted

Of our world

Entertainment

Magically we met

Once innocent

Natural balance

One fish for another

Must leave

Our world

Stranger walking in my heart

To sit and stare

Time could be

Page

Let me see her again

The end-to the train—into the frame

Steadfast people

Past

Tackle now

Please don’t say goodbye

Promise to myself

Played

Sat reflecting

Perhaps

Stepping into comfort

Watery love

What is a poem?

Selection given

Sit and Stare

Paths before us

How we should part

To the break

Outside of the world

Sitting and staring

So it is

Reflection

Two lost

Starting

Running to destruction

You drag me down

Tried once, failed forever

Time that suits you my love

To death from devil or from god

Part again

To release

Road back to greatness

Tried

Wrong person or right person?

Which I follow

To wither

Strangers face

Unbeatable

What does it say that I am still here?

Proud

Where I am planted

Never over to me

Wishful thinking perhaps

We’ll have each other

Unite the world

Canoeing

Currents, winds, emotions

Morning

Over Humps

Not the nicest place

Travellers

Bow out

And So I’ll Walk

And so I will walk

Along unknown paths,

And so I will walk

To places I have not been,

To paces I have been,

And so I will walk

Under all weather,

Every weather, I will embrace,

And so I will walk

Because there is nothing else,

Nothing else for me,

And so I will walk

For yesterdays bad to be forgot,

Distancing my presence from my past,

And so I will walk

For nature to be appreciated,

To become appreciated by nature,

And so I will walk

To satisfy my existence,

My existence with my, self.

And so I will walk

Keeping the sea to my side,

Bathing in Earths beauty,

And so I will walk

Knowing not where I will stop,

Nor if I will stop,

And so I will walk

Constantly along with time,

Walking on, letting all things be,

And so I will walk

From the place I left,

To the places I will go,

And so I will walk

Continually, continually,

Vowing to my existence I will,

And so I will walk

For morns to pass me by,

While existing side by side,

And so I will walk

For afts to pass me by,

While existing side by side,

And so I will walk

As eves pass me by,

Existing in each other’s embrace,

And so I will walk

As nights pass me by,

Existing in each other’s embrace,

And so I will walk

To remember,

And to forget,

And so I will walk,

Walk to learn, with freedom,

Freedom for thoughts to fly,

And so I will walk

So I can drink in the air,

Taking it in as remedy to agony,

And so I will walk

Repaying my debts,

Giving thanks for existence,

And so I will walk