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Faint Suns of Hope
There is a sadnessEntrenched in my heartA bastion of bleaknessA castle of dark It leeches out poisonIn viscous, black fluidsThis river of despairTurns my dreams into ruins So I made some sunsFrom candle lightsAnd sent them on their wayAttached to some kites The castle laughedAt my myriad of dawnsFor when one sun risesThe other ones… Continue reading
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They Still Don’t Understand
I don’t knowWhat more to doTo explain to peopleWhat I go through I have written poemsOf light and darkTo show the battleThat goes on in this heart I have revealedPulled back the curtainOf how writingMakes vague emotions certain How it turns wisps of cloudsInto blocks of stoneSo I can break them downAnd move them on But still they don’t… Continue reading
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The Boy And His Circle
There was a boy Who decided one day That he would neverTake a risk again So he marked out safety With a circle of sticks He sat down in the middle And his tension released But a thought gnawed At the back of his mind What if what was safe Changed over time? How would… Continue reading
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The Masked Man
A lament No one cared who I wasUntil I put on the mask Until I made fitting in My most important task Only then did they Let me in their circle Even though for me It was extremely painful So I tightened the mask To keep the pain at bay But this meant I had… Continue reading
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Werewolf Writer
The moon goes up And the words come out Watch yourself now There’s a werewolf about His silver fur blackensLike the nib of a pen He sits on his haunches And starts howling again Stories rise From watery graves Poems wake up And haunt the page When the writing is done The werewolf retreats Goes… Continue reading
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Dragons of the Heart
She raises dragons In her chest Beasts of fiery fury Of blood-soaked red Her heart trembles At their churning Her hands write To sate their yearning Endlessly they eat Words and phrases Little chunks of knowledge Severed from pages They spewed out flames Dark and bitter But their thick clouds of smoke Were making her… Continue reading
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The Warping
A dark forceWarps the landscapeContorting architectureOut of its shape Tall treesAre spun into spiralsTowers rippleAs if they were tidal Kind facesGlitch into sneersAnd hearty laughterMorphs into jeers Light from street lampsAre sharply deflectedEven the sun’s raysAre being affected A man walks the streetSo long on his ownUnaware that this forceActs on him alone Continue reading
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The Spiders are Watching
He sees clusters of eyes Brooding in the shadows Unblinking and fierce With irises of yellow He freezes in fear As webs wind His breath ensnared And placed to one side He holds glass Colder than ice The cracked edges Are sharper than a knife They will watch But will not help For the gold… Continue reading
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The True Crown
She holds in her hand A broken crown A diadem hidden Behind a crushed frown Glittering with jewels Catching rays of light But their radiant beauty Remains out of sight Kindness as emeralds Love as giant rubies Silky soft sapphires Shimmer in their brooding The cracks enhance Rather than taint Adding texture No jeweller could… Continue reading
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Monotone
A lament Anhedonia isA dreadful curseOf all depression’s afflictionsIt is the worst It steals your passionsAnd buries them awayThings that made you laughSuddenly you hate The world peels awayIn strips of greyUntil all that is leftIs the blackness of pain Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 