Part of the 2016 LOVE Poetry Festival.
Journey from Hell to Eden
by Colin Guest
From bombs and war I had left my home in search of a safe and better life
But little did I know that on the way I would meet the woman of my dreams
Since all jammed together on a rubber boat and seeing your frightened look
I knew I had to try to keep you safe from harm as we set off across the sea
With your long black windswept hair and eyes flashing like globes of light
It made me forget all about the dangerous crossing we were all then making
No longer did I think of death, but about a chance of our living in paradise
If we could but survive and reach the shore, I knew we would be together
The seas were rough, our journey fraught with danger throughout the…
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