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John Trainor

Done

Now is the time to leave the past behind,
With more days done than are left to find.
Burdened grief like Sysyphus’ stone,
Mind parades of all those gone.
We owe it to them to give,
The best life we can live,
Forward we march on.
We are not done.
Diminished?
Not yet.
Done?

Other works by John Trainor...
A boy on a beach.

A boy on a beach, playing games? Playing dead. As the human race watches, At home, safe in its bed. And half the world mourns,
Ten Commandments for a gay man.

Honour yourself with all your hear… LGBT may be your homies but neve… If people are offended by who you… There is nothing straight acting a… There is nothing masculine or femi…
One Night Stand

I only have a moment before my hea… Wishing I could linger here, Shrug off the sweet repose of slee… Which is coming, And the darkness fills my head.
An easy ending?

In the mists of time, Before the dawn, Your name was written with mine. And so we met. And became,
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Memories of Mary

High platform shoes, Seventies mullets, Tight perm hairdos, Fadgies like bullets. Fadgies that harden,
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Deidres Lament

Watch you go, Cold as snow, Salt and blood. Graved in stone, Old friends gone,
Dangerous Games

When life was young we ran with th… Voice of the vortex shouting in ou… Our arms spread wide, coat edges e… Our hair ran in rivulets riding th… Joy, fear, fire in our veins as ob…
Hey u Guys!

Guys in Edinburgh Tried writing a poem pissed But sadly I missed
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ReWriting Tom Robinson

Sing If you’re glad to be Gay. Sing If you’re happy that way! Hey! Sing If you’re glad to be Gay. Sing If you’re happy that way!
Song for Luke

Eyes of blue, I saw them in a pho… Look at me I’m the one who sired… Walk on by. Walk on by. Baby face, like looking in a mirro…
Who do you love?

How do you start to write a poem, “who do you love?” First, throw out the rhyme. Whilst lazy it just saves time. I have loved and do love many people in different ways, (read CSLewis,) ...
Poetry

I threw all my poems into the bin When I was young, I’d studied the way of the human p… By Freud and Jung. I felt they would make me feel
Maspalomas Pride 2015

I don’t do drugs, I don’t do sex. I don’t like hugs, I don’t like pecs. I don’t do dunes or nudey beach.
At The End

At the end it may seem everything… It’s not! It’s just, you’re done! Shut the fuck up angsting your fin… It’s not,
Suicide

You shouldn’t have to live because… It’s not that I don’t love you or… It’s just that sometimes the pain… We live in a society where suicide… Failure.
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