Half a Century Alone

by Nobo13

see the past catching up

  But blue-eyed Luca couldn’t resist

  She never knew her parents

  In a smoggy lens

  She saw her family

  Happy with a newborn blue-eyed baby

  The Daughter of snow

  Somewhere in the high mountains

  Lived a Man and his Wife

  Who never knew the bliss of parenthood

  But one winter their wishes was granted

  And a Daughter of snow was born

  Their lives was filled with happiness

  Until summer came along

  Now every winter

  They await for her return

  Drifter

  At the end of the bus lane

  A girl gets off

  Carrying all her hopes and dreams

  She’s ran away

  Hoping to live out her life

  Not knowing how harsh it would be

  Alone and cold

  She wanders from place to place

  Wishing for nothing more

  Than to return home

  Space station 50

  Leaving Earth behind

  Humans go into space

  Space station 50 on route

  To one of many corners of space

  Lisa and Marc are separated

  She on one ship

  Him on Space station 50

  Forever drifting away

  Their love is pulled further apart

  Only for cold space to fill the void

  Dragon

  Every month a girl is sacrificed

  To appease a dragon

  Fair Catrin knew her fate

  Long before they heard the roars

  Fearful she waits

  As the dragon draws near

  But the beast stares bewildered

  At her beauty and elegance

  Catrin returned safely

  Always remembering

  How she won a dragon’s love

  50 seconds left

  By the time Bob arrived

  There was only 50 seconds

  Before the bomb would go off

  Covered in sweat he analyses

  It’s a simple trigger mechanism

  He needs to cut a wire

  But which one?

  Green or red?

  There’s no time left!

  He needs to decide!!!

  Three…

  Two…

  One…

  Red…

  The time it took

  It took eleven seconds

  To see you among the crowd

  Another three

  To realise how beautiful you were

  Twenty-eight seconds for me

  To realise I wasn’t dreaming

  Eight seconds for my heart

  To be stolen

  Fifty seconds

  That’s the time it took

  For me to fall in love with you

  The origins of Timmy Teeth

  Before life began

  There wasn’t a single tooth

  In the whole world

  But soon teeth piled

  Covering planets two miles high

  But a lone child

  Who had died among the teeth

  Awoke as a god

  And took the pearls away

  To this day

  He still sings

  While taking teeth away

  The Rabbit

  Up in the night sky

  Hangs the great moon

  There lives a lonely rabbit

  Pounding away

  Making mochi for someone

  Who will visit one day

  Until then it pounds away

  Hoping and hoping

  For that someone to hurry

  It doesn’t want to be alone anymore

  Patiently waiting

  While pounding away

  Sleeping Guardian

  Deep within a labyrinth

  Lies an ancient ruin

  Where there sleeps a princess

  Waiting the years

  For when Earth is ready

  She silently slumbers until then

  Trusted by the Past

  To save the Future yet

  She waits for the day

  When the Sun may shine again

  Until then

  She slumbers

  I am Monkey

  I am Monkey

  A king among beasts

  Yet you laugh at me

  You look down on me

  From your castles built on sand

  I ask thee

  Who was it

  That came down the trees first?

  Man or Monkey?

  Who was the first into space?

  Man or Monkey?

  I pity thee…

  Reason

  There must be a reason

  Why we met

  There must be a reason

  Why our time together was so short

  There must be a reason

  Why I’m always alone

  There must be a reason

  For these tears

  If there’s a reason

  I don’t care anymore…

  Because you’re no longer here

  By your side

  I don’t need anything else

  But to be by your side

  I want to be

  Always by your side

  Please forgive me

  I’d swallow my sharp words

  Tell me what I need to do

  Won’t you grant this wish?

  There’s nothing else I need

  But to be by your side

  I’m by your side

  If the time comes

  When you feel like giving up

  Will my voice reach you?

  If the time comes

  When you need to cry

  Will you cry on my shoulder?

  I want nothing more

  Than to make that fake smile

  Into a real one

  Until then

  I’m by your side

  Half a century alone

  I’ve spent half a century loitering

  Waiting for you to return

  I’ve spent half a century dreaming

  Pretending you’re still here

  I’ve spent half a century crying

  Because it’s unbearable without you

  I’ve spent half a century apologising

  Begging for your forgiveness

  I’ve spent half a century alone

  All alone

  I’m sorry

  I told you I’d protect you

  I promised to make you happy

  I wanted to save you

  But I ended up making you cry

  All these years alone

  Pretending it was for your sake

  I wanted to be with you always

  But now we’re perfect strangers

  For that

  I’m sorry

  Couldn’t we be happy?

  Couldn’t we be happy?

  Did fate bring us together

  Just to break us apart?

  I wanted nothing more

  Than to see you smile

  Everyday

  So before we say our goodbyes

  Let us forget

  I hope and pray

  Wouldn’t we be happy?

  I’m waiting patiently

  For that day

  We meet again

  What I want

  I don’t want anything

  You bought because you thought

  I’d like it

  I don’t want anything

  You think I could need

  I don’t want anything

  You could bring with your hands

  I just want to know

  That you love me and need me

  All I ever want

  Is your love

  Song

  There’s no better feeling

  Than finding that song<
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  That’s hidden inside

  Someone’s heart

  Everyone has a song

  A harmony of tunes

  Written by tears and joys

  It’s not for everyone to hear

  It’s shared only among

  Family and friends

  I hope to hear yours one day

  Please listen to mine

  Thank you!

  Even if it’s a prank by the Gods

  Or a joke done by Fate

  Even if Cupid happened to miss

  Or a tragedy written by Shakespeare

  Whether it was coincidence

  Or destined to happen

  Just dumb luck

  Or written in stone

  For allowing me to meet her

  I am thankful

  He fired rainbows out of his eyes!

  Robert came from space

  He fired rainbows out of his eyes

  But no one believed him

  Not even the teachers

  But one day

  In a classroom fight

  To save his beloved Clare

  He fired rainbows out of his eyes

  They now live happily ever after

  Spreading rainbows

  Throughout the skies

  A simple stone

  Under a tree

  I found a nest

  That held a dragon’s egg

  Unable to find its mother

  I took it home to look after

  Days went by

  Months went by

  And soon I grew up

  And in those years

  I came to realise

  All my love

  For a simple stone

  Long ago tears

  Long ago I cried

  For what reason

  I cannot remember

  But that wail stays with me

  Echoing in the sleepless night

  I wanted to silence that boy

  Get him to smile

  But now I’ve locked him up

  And thrown away the key

  Since then

  I haven’t shed a single tear

  Again

  Maybe it’s because I have regrets

  That I want to try things again

  Maybe because I miss someone

  That I want to rewind time

  Rather than being honest

  And finding courage to do what I wanted

  I ended up always looking to the past

  Once more

  I will smile again

  Realisation

  We were always together

  Laughing away

  Until you smiled and looked at me

  I was always unsure

  It was foolish of me to think

  I’d always be with you

  It wasn’t until one day

  On a train

  Your smile was different

  I realised finally

  You meant a lot to me

  Everyday life

  It was unusual of me

  To think so hard on the matter

  I looked back at her

  And wondered for a bit

  For once I was unsure

  On what to say

  I sighed a small laugh

  I never replied to her

  When I think back

  The answer was so clear

  Goodbye

  What happened to the good old days?

  What happened to those endless joys?

  It’s been forever since I last saw you

  Fifty stories to last you your lifetime

  Now comes to an end

  I’ve gained some courage now

  So, silently I utter

  What I couldn’t say that day

  Farewell

  Goodbye

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  About the author

  For those who are tragically obsessed, Nobo13 was born 1987 in Cambridgeshire. He spent four years doing a Physics degree but spend most of the time doodling and writing. Currently he is training to be a Science Teacher.

  Nobo13’s pen name is derived from using his surname, just look above! His more unusual hobbies are collecting headphones, staring aimlessly out the window (which consumes much of his time) and messing about with musical instruments- at the moment these are ocarinas and ukuleles.

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