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16 October 2014
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Peter Mitchell

My name is Peter Mitchell, born Ashford, Middlesex in 1978. At the age of 16 I came to live in N. Ireland, Currently residing in Belfast. I write poems whenever inspiration hits me although in truth it seems they write themselves. I love to write when I can. I enjoy the poems of Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Browning and Seamus Heaney. I also find the lyrics of the Arctic monkeys and Reverend and the Makers amongst others help to ignite my passion for writing.

Beautifully Soft by Peter Mitchell

When you are so soft and gentle
Experience is experimental
But you bleed hard fast and long
That’s what your there for after all, something soft to break their fall

Softness is a virtue
They’ve passed their hurt in to you
Pride of place, wear it on your face
Or paint a smile to hide disgrace

So soft a lovely sofa to be sat on
Jumped on, worn down and shat on
That’s what you get
have you learned nothing yet

Yet you want to trust
Happiness or bust
They’ve had their fun, and you’ve had some
Do you think they care if you’ve had none

Some people aren’t at all aware
Others know but just don’t care
Instead they leave you hanging there
They don’t have time to stand and stare

Their life goes on, nothing wrong
It was your wish to be strung along
Sliced diced, pre-packed meat
Pre-packed pain to be sold again

Frozen circles thawed and cracked
Pain’s a gift, can’t be taken back
Just wrap it up and pass it on
They must be right, they’re never wrong

But you bleed, hard, fast and long…


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