24th November

Sailing to Dover

floating to death on water

we hadn’t a chance.

Screaming for life

for breath, a hand to hold me

swallowing silence.

Sinking and drowning,

a cold wet graveyard for home.

I hoped for better.

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Dzakye Mounir says:

November 25, 2021 at 1:28 pm

Excellent, Paul. Taking and dense!

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1. Paul O'Mahony says:
  
  November 25, 2021 at 2:04 pm
  
  Thanks very much Dzakye
  
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Greg Canty says:

November 25, 2021 at 10:11 am

Well done Paul, brilliant and thought provoking – every now and then we need to stop and reflect on the lives that others are struggling to have and at times just don ‘t succeed.

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1. Paul O'Mahony says:
  
  November 25, 2021 at 2:06 pm
  
  Thanks Greg – your words encourage me & are very thought-provoking
  
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Earl Dunbar says:

November 25, 2021 at 1:20 am

This is haunting, Paul.

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1. Paul O'Mahony says:
  
  November 25, 2021 at 2:07 pm
  
  Thanks Earl, that’s good to know
  
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