Tag Archives: poems

Apr 26 2008

Its time to bury the dead

Its time to bury the dead

Its time to bury the dead,
Their blood that was so red,
Is now all brown.

The smell is not so fresh,
A sign of putrid death,
For they are gone.

Got shot down in their prime,
Now they’ll rest, for all time,
A silent sleep

Fall to your knees, its time to weep,
For their bodies the worms will eat,
Their souls departed.

 © simon garlick

Apr 24 2008

Blue Sky Fell

Blue Sky Fell

 

As the man
Stepped outside his door
The blue sky fell down
As he smoked
A cigarette
His eyes became red

When his wife
Did scream out loud
A baby came out
Its face
Was strawberry red
His mother was dead

The man
Held up his son
Raised him to the clouds
The rain
Fell down on him
Hot rain on cold skin

As the man
Stood broken with pain
The blue sky fell down
As he smoked
A cigarette
His eyes became red.

 

 

© simon garlick

Apr 24 2008

I Hid

I Hid

I hid, I hid,
I held my breath
They were coming
I could hear them
Hear their dogs barking
Hear the men shouting
I held my breath
And still I hid

I heard a gun shot
A crack, a scream
A child was crying
And still I hid
I hid in a dark space
Hid in my hiding place
I hid and I held my breath
And still I heard them
I heard them coming

The dogs were barking
The men were shouting
A child was crying
A gunshot cracked
For one brief moment
All was silent
Then a woman was screaming
And still I hid

The scream was silenced
There was still shouting
The dogs still barking
Came ever closer
My heart was pounding
My head was banging
My tears were rolling
Yet still I hid

Then there was knocking
And tapping and rapping
And then loud shouting
And louder barking
And then they were biting
The dogs were attacking
And then I was screaming
My tears were now streaming
And they were still shouting
At me where I hid

Then there was silence
A crack and then silence
And now I was drifting
My pain was now lifting
As higher I rose
Just drifting, just drifting
And that’s when I saw them
Just young men and children
All shooting and shouting
And dogs ever hounding
And there I was lying
In the place where I hid.

 

 © simon garlick

Apr 21 2008

Bloodthirst, Bloodthirst, Bloodthirst, Roar

Bloodthirst, Bloodthirst, Bloodthirst, Roar

Bloodthirst, bloodthirst, bloodthirst, roar,
Kill the infidels by law
Burn them burn them burn them all
Its time to follow our gods call
Burn their flag and burn their homes
Burn their bodies and hang their bones
Bloodthirst, bloodthirst, bloodthirst, roar
Kill the infidels by law

Bloodthirst, bloodthirst, bloodthirst, roar,
Kill the infidels by law
Hang a tyre around their necks
Watch it melt and burn their heads
Laugh at them when they do scream
They must die by any means
Bloodthirst, bloodthirst, bloodthirst, roar
Kill the infidels by law

Bloodthirst, bloodthirst, bloodthirst, roar,
Kill the infidels by law
Kill their mothers, kill their wives,
Kill their children to stop their lies
There is no place left on earth
For them to live, they have no worth
Bloodthirst, bloodthirst, bloodthirst, roar
Kill the infidels by law

Bloodthirst, bloodthirst, bloodthirst, roar,
Kill the infidels by law
When their leaders all submit
Kill them, kill them, do not quit
Time has come for us to reign
So put a bullet in their brains
Bloodthirst, bloodthirst, bloodthirst, roar
Kill the infidels by law.

 

© simon garlick