Memoirs From The Book Of Secrets Poem by John Duffy

Memoirs from the Book of Secrets



Have you ever looked deep

Into the mirror



And wondered if you've really

Done enough



Left something tangible

Something future



Generations can listen

See or read through

And make a fuss



A legacy of your vision or dreams

Stories they maybe can trace

Through a time



When you were once young

And free



Chasing life

Filled with deep dreams



Or drunk and lucid

Spilling stories whilst licked up

On Loves delicious red wine



What do you see

When you look really deep



Into the Mirrors of Time



Past all the makeup

Wrinkles

Beards

Or eyes that still might pine



One holiday a year

Smiles in the 2 week hot

Sun



Then back to work

Grinding hard through the

Year



For a return

To your only perk



Is that the only legacy

You're going to leave

To describe your dreams



Is that the lonely story

Of your lifetime



Or are you going to reach

Deep into the breach



Place your chips on life's ever

Spinning roulette's



And create a new legacy

They'll never be ashamed to forget



Copyright John Duffy