Welcome to my poems directory.
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Lead On
by Pete Scopes
12/01/2010
Lead on where the love is strong And I know I shall find you Sweet thing let our love shine This world can be yours and mine Lead on where the love is strong If we try again we shall find our way back Sweet thing let our love shine I'll lead the way to a...
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Time and Again
by Pete Scopes
12/01/2010
Time and again we'll just let them pass opportunities to set you apart. Get away from the rest if you'd just do your best if only you knew what I know. The seconds, the hours would be real to you Love and friendship would hold true. The rising moon the...
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I'm not coming home
by Pete Scopes
05/01/2010
Even if you loved me, I cannot come home For it is too late now, I've already gone. Please forgive me that I left But I know it was for the best. "Now don't go crying", is what I tell myself, "And for broken heart? Drink to good health". I have run from...
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Secret Superhero
by Pete Scopes
03/01/2010
I want to tell the world about my secret superhero, the one who saved my day made the bad things go away. I want to tell the world about my secret superhero, the one who brings a smile to my face loved me when I deserved no grace. I want to tell the wor...
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Love Is
by Pete Scopes
04/08/2009
Love is a strange beast, It swings from branch to branch. It clambers over this and that, And accepts us as we are. Love is a wondrous thing, It is deeper than the sea. It keeps the secrets we impart, And listens carefully....
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What is Love?
by Pete Scopes
12/06/2009
What is love? Or at least what is it to love? How do you know you are in love? Or simply just lusting after someone? Can you ever be sure of your feelings? Or the feelings of the one you love? God is love but love is not God; love is a gift....
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This is Love
by Pete Scopes
31/05/2009
This is love nailed to a tree, A broken heart for my inequity. For in His love, nailed to a tree, His broken heart for the sake of me. For He is love, nailed to a tree, A broken heart, death all to set me free....
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No Matter (a poem for a loved one)
by Pete Scopes
22/05/2009
No matter how bad you feel, No matter how ugly you think you are, No matter how broken you seem, No matter how afraid you become, No matter how tough the day No matter how long the night No matter how lonely it seems, No matter how tiring just living is,...
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Question Mark
by Pete Scopes
19/05/2009
In my confusion I sit Perplexed by the difficulty of a single question, Like a wall my head keeps hitting Trapped, longing to be free from these hypothetical chains My soul screams out in want Wishing my indecision...
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Away From Me
by Pete Scopes
08/03/2009
Stuck behind a glass wall I see you, Once we were so close it almost seemed we could touch. And yet before I could truly hold you we were torn apart. I yearn to break this barrier, to smash it and run to you but I cannot. For it is you, you hav...
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A Love Poem for my College Wife
by Pete Scopes
15/12/2006
The moon rises, shining above us bright Hanging up there this cold autumn night; I see the Great Bear looking down on you Callisto admiring your beauty anew;...
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I'm Still Here
by Pete Scopes
30/11/2003
When the weight of the world is pressing down on my shoulders and I think there is no way out I turn to my Redeemer, my Saviour, and my King. He is there in my times of trouble, my darkest hour He guides my hand and draws me closer to Him. How I long to...
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Is Today Different?
by Pete Scopes
30/11/2001
I walk to school, my headphones on A cool fresh breeze and a shining sun I get to the gate, I look over my shoulder There she is! I almost fall over I keep on walking, towards my class Afraid to look again, in case someone laughs I throw down my bag, b...
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Always a Friend
by Pete Scopes
30/11/2001
Always a friend and nothing more You never coming knocking on my door Always near but never close That's where I'll stay, a good friend to most Outside the circle looking in on the rest Wish I could be more than a hidden guest I wait for a chance to say ...