Bitterness
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Believing Again
I can’t see the end To this relentless climb I am not sure if I will ever See the morning sun rise I have fought fearsome foes In abandoned castles of dark I have heard misery’s whispers In the centre of my heart I have crossed bleak landscapes Where my blood turned ice cold I Continue reading
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Why Me?
Why me? Why now? Why so long? Do I lack power? Do I lack resilience? Do I need to be tougher? Why is it me That always has to suffer? Why these dark feelings Around every corner? Why has life conspired To make each day harder? Why these dark days? Why does the sun hide? Continue reading
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Desert Flower
Desert winds blow Bringing dryness and death The budding flower cracks In this blast of hot breath There is no shelter The soft petals are ripped Pink torn into brown shreds As the plant is slowly stripped The dry winds ease And the swirling sands drop And the flower can now see What it has Continue reading
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Cost of Recovery
I resent it This brutal climb The pain I feel Each time I rise I know it’s worthwhile That freedom is at the top But does the climb to get there Have to cost so much? It burns my insides Makes me retch in pain But I do not want to live with The pain Continue reading
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Hidden Trauma
There is blackness in my heart It rests in peaceful sleep It is borne from my trauma Raised by bitterness and grief Mostly it lies there Hidden, out of sight But when certain pressure points are pressed The blackness starts to arise It is triggered by certain memories Or by words spoken out of turn Continue reading
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Burdens
I dragged my burdens Up the wicked slope Bitter words sprouting Because I could not cope I ignored the offer of help Though my knuckles were white My bones cracking like whips My muscles cramping in spite Such foolishness To plough on alone When You are there To be my cornerstone I let go of Continue reading
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Scarlet Clouds
A lament Scarlet clouds On orange-splashed skies A doomsday’s morning After a tortured night Blood drenched tears On a pillow of white Misery’s dying embers In the morning reignite An oppressive night Leading to an oppressive day These blood-red clouds Are here to stay Continue reading
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Graveyard
Must there always be pain In the centre of my heart? The more I dig up The more I realise it’s just the start A black hole in my soul It seems to be stretching A ripped canvas inside Torn by tortured sketching It seems my heart Is actually a graveyard Buried dreams, traumas, emotions Continue reading
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Burning Coals
Anger in my hands Burning coals to which I hold Will I free myself from pain? Will I choose to let it go? For it is in forgiveness That I release my soul The heavy burden is relinquished And I escape the dark hole As the burned skin on my hands Slowly becomes whole It Continue reading
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Close The Door
A lament Close the door Turn off the lights Snuff the candles And embrace the night Tear down the lampposts Crack each light Break the lanterns Let the darkness inside Let no joy be heard Let laughter be banned Twist every hint of a smile Into the deepest of frowns No jokes, only tragedy No Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 