Healing
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The Lost Traveller
She had journeyedOn dust-swept roadsCrossing bleak desertsAll on her own But one day she stoppedAt the side of the roadAnd gave up the dreamOf ever making it home An old man found herHis face worn and crackedHe sat down beside herWhilst she lay on her back He told her storiesOf kings and of beggarsWeaved wonderful talesOf triumphs and… Continue reading
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Spit Out The Bones
Take what you need And spit out the bones Take from my words What helps you grow I do not have All the answers But I will share What brought me advances I can only show The path I have taken How my joy From its sleep, was awakened What sticks in the throat What… Continue reading
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Ocean of Doubt
I felt adrift In this mindless ocean Each wave a voice Begging me to listen They urged me to chase Riches and fame That these would be The antidote to my shame I drowned in this cacophony Of utter nonsense Each wave driven By a desire for profits So in the depths I quietened my… Continue reading
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Lost Words
I sang a songBut a silence ate itI wrote a letterBut the ink was wasted I let words flowLet truth beBut found that the wordsWere nowhere to be seen I poured out my heart’s sorrowThat tender emotionAs a raging riverBut it was swallowed by an ocean I lost those wordsBut now I seeThat all those wordsWere building something… Continue reading
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Scars of Ink
Black shadows On the page Slowly contort Twist and change Shaped by sorrow Into a scar of ink Paper crinkling With a bitter wink This congregation of letters Is silent yet speaks Delightfully elegant But certainly not weak The bruised paper breathes After a writing session Knowing the shadows in the mind Have slightly lessened Continue reading
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Perfectionism
Crack went the whip Anytime I stoppedIt bit like a viper So hard to shake off Every seat was a flame Every bed laced with nails Rest was the charge An arrest with no bail It read my to-do list When I tried to go to sleep When I collapsed to the ground It dragged… Continue reading
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Survival
Take one step forward No matter how small Keep getting up Every time you fall Invest in yourself And those around you In a world of deception Hold on to the truth When darkness swirls Whispering like a ghoul Reminding you of all the ways That you are a fool Then reach out In that… Continue reading
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Seeds
I bury Your Word In my heart And trust that its growth Will soon start Seasons of drought Scar my soul Careless words Trample my soil Lies and fears Gather like pests These worms and beetles Tear my leaves to shreds Then winter comes With paralysing ice Snow drifts and avalanches Dark and terrible nights… Continue reading
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Hope is a Fire
I drank the fireAnd my eyes were opened The skies above me Split open like a curtain I saw the stars The constellations And saw that I had been Heading in the right direction This dark night That had drawn so close I realised was no more Than a fading ghost And coming soon Was… Continue reading
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Music and Light
I see it on the horizon A rising dawn I hear it on the winds Whisperings of a new song It is music to my ears Laughter in my lungs Joy in my heartSweetness on my tongue When you have endured The darkest of nights Then you appreciate The slightest hint of sunlight The opening… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 