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This is the first online collection of the poet Gerard Quain
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PRISONER OF THE WORLD
by
Gerard Quain
She sits and reads the tabloid
Her name in the front of her in bold dark print
Was this what she wanted to be a prisoner
A prisoner of her own celebrity
She thinks of other days before, the fame
When she was just another human ant
Just working to pay the bills
How she wished for fame then
To be the burning star that blazes a trail across the universe
Then one day her dream came true
She found herself center stage, with a host of new friends
But these fair weather brigade who basked in her reflected glory
Were anything but benign, they had a master plan of their own
To use her as a stepping stone
Her bones would be used as a ladder
She was now going to be tabloid fodder
Had she known what she knows now
Her wishes would have been so different
As she continues to read her life in print
How she wishes, again and again
To be back in obscurity, unknown to the world
Can it ever be the same again, to be just a small town lady
Or is she as all prisoners consigned to somewhere dank and shady
A nether world of infamy and shame
So this is it, what they all strive for
Fifteens minutes, and just a wish to blame
To much for her now
BEING INVISIBLE
by
Gerard Quain
I sit and watch the world pass
Wrapped up against the elements
A door for a home
Against the world all alone
The heaving rush of busy people
Going faster to their destinations
No time to worry about the poor
Averted eyes their noble cure
Sleeping with one eye open
Fearful of the thugs that come out at night
Another day alone passes
Can't afford rose-tinted glasses
The soup runners treat us well
Without them life would be living hell
In the morning, people rush, they walk over me
An invisible man can't make a plea
EYES
by
Gerard Quain
The world is a wonder for the senses
A myriad of shapes, and colours
From the square to the oblong
Or the most beautiful of all the curves of a woman
From fragrant rose, to petals deft
To the glory of the the Taj Mahal
Built for love, with an eye for detail
Such is the power of an indefinable emotion
When the heart desires nothing will sway
When I look at lovers,I understand
When they embrace, or kiss, or touch
All around them disappears
Nothing matters not even years
When on the first occasion they met
It was the eyes that said it all
And still the eyes caress
The very soul of love
Oh I wish I had felt this some point
To make valid my existence
But the eyes that have looked at me
Have always looked with disdain or worse,deceit
No lover will ever enter my realm
I alone at the helm
ILLUSIONS
by
Gerard Quain
Now you see it
Now you don't
The magicians slight of hand
A careful construct of a mastermind
But not all illusions are the same
Some our feeble mind frame
When a boy, I had a crush on a teacher
The very beautiful daughter of a preacher
Every day it grew and grew
Without provocation
But then I woke up, from my mirage, and felt ashamed
It was the nature of youth, so no one could be blamed
As I grew older, more worldly wise
My heart created many illusions, and it does still
But these slight of hand and mind
Hurts me more than you can imagine
The three card trick of emotions
Soon their luster lose
When they leave you alone and confused
But would I give up on the pain
Not on your life, when theirs love to gain
WANTING MORE FROM LIFE
BY
Gerard Quain
Is this it, sitting here on my seat, looking out the window
The world passes, it does not notice me
Why should it, there is no one to blame
Being yourself can be a lousy claim to fame
If I were adventurer, maybe to tango I would go
Across a crowded dance floor, and with my flare, create a space
No one would stand in my way, to fame and glory
Now to step it out with the best
To close eyes and imagine, to sail away
On my dream adventure, I would meet all manner of people
They would ask and bid me to stay, but I would continue on my way
Now at the explorers dinner grand, I am hailed
Sitting in this seat, I see it all
The glory and the fan mail, the constant adulation
Yes I have arrived at my due station, but am I happy
Being yourself should be enough, fame if any,just consolation
THE CYCLE OF LOVE AND PAIN
by
Gerard Quain
World weary, lost in deep troubled thought
Clouds no where to be seen in the sky
But that makes no difference to me
The sun only shines on the hearts of endeavour
But not on mine,my heart has a well built wall
No place for the sun to shed its light
The void in my soul grows wider
A bigger chasm, by the minute, by the hour
Looking enviously at couples in the throws of new romance
Their smugness, as revolting as burnt treacle
The pitfalls of life will sort them out
When the endearing qualities
No longer seem so quaint
When the bitter word overpower
Then they will need a place to hide
A cold sanctuary
Then they will be like me
Alone inside their heads
With only regrets for memories
Victims of the cycle of love and pain
DIFFICULT PEOPLE
by
Gerard Quain
This is a lament, for a youth spent in the wings
Waiting for a change in the order of life
Hoping beyond hope, the people might get better
That they would learn and improve
But there it is, the difficult people making a fuss
The greedy and jealous making life hell
Will we ever learn, to ignore these creatures
Our modern Medusa's with their snake like ways
Many faced but bitter,hurting and harming all they touch
Smiling only when, their worst is done
These fools, want to be the puppet masters
The grey suited that stalk the shadows looking for weakness's
The jealous who diminish humanity
They who are consumed by their own vanity
Those who would remove our right to speak or write
Those who plot and conspire to do harm
Like vultures on a perch waiting for carrion
They who extol the dead
But who make the living go through hell
They who make us all despair
The difficult people are everywhere