Emotions
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Hollow Reed
I am the outsider The different one here I am the writer The wordsmith extraordinaire I weave complex patternsIn the recesses of my mind Scribble abstract equations To work out what is going on inside I am a hollow reed That wails as the wind blows I am mourning church bells Echoing with resonant tone… Continue reading
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Will Things Change?
A lament Deep agony in my bones Must I live with this forever? Or will the ties to this condition Once and for all, be severed? Must I always have to push past The pain in my soul? Will I ever know what it feels like To be made healed and whole? Will I always… Continue reading
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Hope and Fear 2
What do you do When hope is your greatest fear? When you fear that anticipation Of getting everything you hold dear? What do you do When you fear the light? When you fear the waking dawn Because it always dips out of sight? But once you get over That fear of failure You realise that… Continue reading
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Darkened Letters
Darkened letters Shaded by despair Traumatised words The paper, they tear Rivers of pain Flow from my fingertips Ink black tears From my eyes, they drip Swallowed by darkness And a fountain of grief I fell into grace And He gave me His peace Continue reading
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Thimble Sized Heart
I feel the rage inside me A rolling fury of seaAn eruption of fierce storms Anger at what could have been There is a seething, contorting mass Residing in my soul A hurricane of epic proportions A viciousness I cannot control All that anger All of that rage Is condensed into a thimble A small,… Continue reading
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Bitterness
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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This Precious Moment
There is hope after all I can finally see That to live in the moment Is all that I need No longer should I wallow In the regrets of my past Or pine after a future That, even if attained, wouldn’t last Sandwiched between These two great rocks of time Is a tiny sliver Into… Continue reading
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Regret & Hope
Regret is a deep pain A dull, constant acheThrobbing in my chest Like my heart’s about to break But deeper still Swells a new sound A fervent beating Hope rising from the ground A new door is opened As you let go of the past New opportunities arise Ones that will last Don’t get stuck… Continue reading
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When I Write
The mysteries of my mind Slowly unwind As I take the time To write My emotions glide Flow like the tide As they are finally untied As I write I can finally rectify The chaos inside So the pain can subside As I write I didn’t know that I Could feel so free inside Because… Continue reading
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Apocalypse
I have seen the apocalypse I have seen the end I have seen the disaster That is just around the bend I have felt the fire I have smelt the smoke I’ve witnessed the bubbling lava As the desolation is stoked I have seen the darkness The void when nothing remains I’ve felt the chill… Continue reading
