Anger
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Echoes
Why did the people Trying to help me Sound like the voices Depression sent me? I went to them To be released But they tightened the straps And added a leash The condemnation, the shame The endless berating Why did they echo My internal narration? They thought I was weak And they did not hide… Continue reading
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It’s Not Complicated
A lament There’s nothing complicated here It’s not hard to understand There’s no need to speculate This is not hard to grasp Take a person Work him to the bone Strip him of what he loves And leave him on his own He will dwindle and fade Fall into an abyss Be consumed by exhaustion… Continue reading
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I am not a Zoo Animal
I am tired of people Trying to fix me Of prodding me With endless enquiries Of marvelling at my pain Like it’s an animal in a zoo And discussing among themselves Which techniques they would use Of trying to make me Their pet project Or seeing me as a challenge For their incredible intellect But… Continue reading
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Rotten
Old milk Stagnates insideCurdling in The recesses of the mind It forms soggy clumps That swell with green mouldPutrid fluids oozing In every fold The brain becomes clogged With this festering messAs envy and jealousy Transform into bitterness Slowly the mind Turns into a gloopAs the head sloshes With this fetid soup Other poems on… Continue reading
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Jewels of Jealousy
A wretched ruby Of wrath and rageGlowers in Its fiery cage A bitter ball Of bickering blameSimmers in Jealousy’s cold, blue flames A swirling sphere Of ceaseless sorrowBears grim tidings On the morrow Jewels of jealousy And of judgementGive rise to misery And destruction Continue reading
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Stormweather Friends
A lament I don’t want Storm-weather friends Can’t they see the message That it puts in my head? That I am pitiful A charity case A way for insincere people To maintain face That I am of no interest Have no worth Except as some sorry thing To be picked up from the dirt In… Continue reading
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Bitterness (repost)
Stale milk Stagnating inside We harbour envy Then it rots our minds It darkens our corneas Until all is black It poisons our tongue Weaponises it for attack The world melts away Leaving only sharp edges The sun diminishes To darkness, it pledges Your flesh turns cold As the warmth disappears Your emotions embalm No… Continue reading
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Flames of the Heart
The flames of my heartWere a violent redSpitting and spewingSparks of hatred They raged at the damageDone to my heartAnd resolved to burnUntil all fell apart The flames of my heartBecame a bitter blackSimmering and seethingIn deep, hidden cracks Over them churnedA festering pot of painAs I relived my traumaAgain and again The flames of… Continue reading
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The Tempest in Me
Dark shadowsTrembling treesCower and beholdAt my thundering Mountains shakeAt the foaming seasFor now they seeThe tempest in me Spinning cloudsCoalesce withinThe white billows ripplingAs they turn black and grim The ground tremblesThe paper quakesAs the words within meStart to awake Continue reading
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Writhing Dragons
Two dragons reside In the pit of my stomach Their roars echo In the walls of my gullet One is coal-black With glimmering red eyes Who blasts its bitterness In my brooding skies The other is of emerald A deep merciless green Writhing in jealousy At all that it sees Sometimes they wrestle Sometimes they… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 