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Seeds
I bury Your Word In my heart And trust that its growth Will soon start Seasons of drought Scar my soul Careless words Trample my soil Lies and fears Gather like pests These worms and beetles Tear my leaves to shreds Then winter comes With paralysing ice Snow drifts and avalanches Dark and terrible nights… Continue reading
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Pale Lord
A pale lord Sits enthroned Bids I enter Into his world Tells me that There is no hope here That this is the residenceOf all I fear He offers citizenship To this land of gloom Assuring me there is No escape from this doom But I step closer And his crown slips And I see… Continue reading
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Abandoned Mine
An abandoned mine Old tools still echo No gold was found For it was dug too shallow Only dust and dirtAnd distress remains Grand ambitions Now forgotten dreams And yet hiding Just beneath the surface A glint of something Worth unearthing But the narrowed shaft Prevented machinery And the miner was not willing To get… Continue reading
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Wordless Days
I get so bored When I can’t write Because then the ideas Assault my mind They pulsate Inside my head But I can’t articulate them They cannot be said So I sit in my bed While my mind builds worlds Watching the clock hands Endlessly swirl And so I hope And desperately pray That this… Continue reading
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Hope is a Fire
I drank the fireAnd my eyes were opened The skies above me Split open like a curtain I saw the stars The constellations And saw that I had been Heading in the right direction This dark night That had drawn so close I realised was no more Than a fading ghost And coming soon Was… Continue reading
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Dying Sun
A dying sun Burns red As it dwindles To its death The callous sky Folds and blackens As an endless night Slowly beckons Spidery fingers Puncture clouds As they drag the darkest Of curtains down A furnace of words In your stomach Waits for you To summon your courage Continue reading
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Museum of Loss
A lament Shadowy corridors In my heart Where one ends Another one starts I have hidden pain Behind every corner Amassed tears of sorrowAs pools of water I allowed the lights To burn themselves out Allowed ash and dust To gradually mount I sealed the doors Despite the costAnd accepted my heart As a museum… Continue reading
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Shadow
A foul beast Cleaves to your skin Whispering and murmuring About what is within It speaks of failures From times gone by And any light of success It seeks to undermine It loves to mock By copying your gestures As it fastens itself toYour every footstep It is so haunting But one thing you must… Continue reading
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Music and Light
I see it on the horizon A rising dawn I hear it on the winds Whisperings of a new song It is music to my ears Laughter in my lungs Joy in my heartSweetness on my tongue When you have endured The darkest of nights Then you appreciate The slightest hint of sunlight The opening… Continue reading
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Art
A stream of colours Flows down your hand Why it is there You do not understand Are you bleeding? Is this blood? But then why does it leave Such a beautiful smudge? You look at the art That clings to the page It is so elegant But yet so full of pain If the pain… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 