Poetry
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The Coal Mine
Trapped in a coal mine The exit blocked by rock Every shuddering blow To my arm, an electric shock I am armed with nothing But a single pickaxe It chips away slowly Only forming small cracks Echoing between the blows I hear my enemy’s laughter I hear his goons partying Clinking glasses with their master Continue reading
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Cruelty
That was cruel An unprompted attack A savage assault That left me cracked A shard of pain Pierced into my side A terrible black mist That left me blind No memory or thought Was the trigger for this There is no logical reason For the appearance of this abyss Just the cruelty Of this twisted 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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The Puppet
The strings are pulled delicately The puppet twirling into a dance Its flailing limbs, powerless to resist Its taunting captor’s commands But my God You saw my humiliation The entangled lies in my mind You cut me free from what trapped me And healed the hurt that was inside You strengthened my weak arms And Continue reading
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Dark Place
That was a dark place I suddenly realise My mind was numbed out And my eyes were blind It’s like waking from a nightmare That has been going on for years Realising it is not raining That the streaming waters are your tears It’s like looking at a mirror At a different version of you Continue reading
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Burn the Bridges
Burn the bridges To your old life Cut the ropes With Hope’s knife The old thoughts That creep like mould That condemn, that judge That love to scold Burn them in a fire In a deep pit in the ground Revel in their destruction As their tortured voices sound Your old ways have been shed 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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The Whale’s Belly
Sitting in the gloom Dampness all around Saved from certain death But still far from safe ground We’ve seen the dark depths That our choices had us headed A watery prison of filth With all the consequences we dreaded The mercy of forgiveness The sternness of correction The humbling of our hearts To turn to Continue reading
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Determination
I won’t give in No matter how long the fight I have tasted hope Of it caught sight I have seen the mountain top Where freedom flourishes I have seen the oasis Which with joy nourishes I have been battered and bruised Beat up and scarred Been mocked and teased Had my flesh torn apart 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
Dawn & Dusk 