Damien Trimingham
Damien Anthony Trimingham
Born 9th January 1974, died by overdose 24th February 1997
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For Damien by Tony Trimingham
To know love a man must dive into life
You endured the times of desolation and the descent into dejection You challenged the mountains of self doubt And roamed the fertile valleys of intimacy But the ache in your heart And your silent longing was as vast as the ocean Yet you could knock gently at the doors of people's hearts And your eyes and smile gave entry To the souls of all you encountered You dared to touch all of love's pain and sorrow And longed for love's purpose and motive You heard with your heart You saw with your hands You touched with your mind And felt with your spirit Sometimes reckless, often extreme Not the tentative step for you At times at pain Yes, you knew all love's aspects May you forever know the tranquillity you craved. |
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Memories
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A Poem By Damien
Ambivalence
Embroiled in a drug-filled haze
Melting defence Got lost in the maze Lost to my own desire to hurt
Lost to the girl And a white powdered dirt Confused the emotion of pleasure and pain
Playing my life Like playing a game Caught in my own
Self spinning web Fighting a war that exists in my head The inner child has lost to the man
That couldnt see past An indifferent plan Lost every rational thought in my mind
Caught in a shell With nothing but time And now as i watch
Yet I'm shielding my eyes With a needle protruding I'm feeling the lies A memory, a thought
A relinquishing sigh A decision to make To live or to die To be or to be not
said the guilt-ridden Dane To find out the truth and finish the game Watching the screen now my battle's been won
But what of the kids Whose battle goes on Understand, educate and never be blind
To a drug that steals Health, spirit and mind |
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