Creativity
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Endless Energy
I am imbuedWith a restless energyA boundless fountainOf bewildering creativity It boils insideMy creaking heartAnd sends electric shocksDown my arms I can’t resistTo it I must bendBut if I let it startIt will never end So I feared this streamOf endless wordsYet holding them inFelt even worse So I relentedTo this colossal forceAs pen and… Continue reading
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Speed of Light
My mind moves At the speed of light I can’t stop it I have tried I can numb it With mindless distractions But then depression Kicks into action I tried to resist it I was afraid That this endless creation Would never fade Until I accepted it And flowed with its rhythm Submitting myself to… Continue reading
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Mourning
A lament Everyone tries toCheer me upBut I have no oneTo mourn my loss I must swallow the darknessHold it in my throatSmile politelyWhile I silently choke My pains are my ownThey cannot be sharedThey are too muchEven for those who care So they build upIn the centre of my chestAnd spill out onto paperThe… Continue reading
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Cut Adrift (repost)
I am adrift on a raft Lost at sea Cast away on an island With no one but me I am in a glass box But the glass is blurred I have given up screaming For I cannot be heard Trapped in a prison Within my own mind My senses stripped away I am deaf,… Continue reading
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Grey Skies
Once my words Were locked away The sun sunk low And the skies went grey I rotted awayMy passion lost My voice, a stringless harpMy heart, an empty husk In this bleak timeI hid myself away Waiting for wordsTo spring up again And that tide Of beautiful black inkTurned my skies A rosy pink Continue reading
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Stormy Waters (repost)
Dark, stormy waters In the glass of my soul Inner turmoil concealed Within this fragile bowl As the darkness thrashes Like a tortured snake Tremors roar inside me The bowl starts to shake I lift open the hatch And let the darkness out My insides feel relief As the troubled waters spout They hurl themselves… Continue reading
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Hollow Reed (repost)
I am a hollow reed That wails as the wind blows I am mourning church bells Echoing with resonant tone I paint with black This paper, my canvas My words are a seething sea Brooding, tumultuous I do not mince my words They are not for the faint-hearted I will not underplay my emotions Not… Continue reading
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The Cure (repost)
Writing is the cure To this disease of mine It heals my emotions Brings peace to my mind Life crippled me Writing made me to walk Trauma stole my voice But with writing, I can talk Depression struck me blind Surrounded me with dark Writing gave me new vision Lit my path with its spark… Continue reading
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A Heart of Pain
My heart quivers Rattles in its cage For it has so much That it longs to say With every clench It expels words Every tightening An expression of hurt The arteries engorge Swell under the pressure As they carry the message To its listener Through tortuous vessels Both lesser and greater Until at last it… Continue reading
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Release the Words
I may be rash I may be raw But I must give voice To these words I have held them in For far too long My aching fingers Worn to the bone But now my insides Are clogged with hot oil And I must release it Before I boil So I let the words out… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 