Redemption
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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
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I See Galaxies
Do you know what it is like To see for the first time? Do you know what it is like To be brought back to life? To feel the breeze And smell the scents To feel hope rising From the darkest of depths I was locked in a dark place Starved of all that was Continue reading
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Sunken Pits
Sunken pits in a wasteland Designed to trap and maim Mists of fog hang like veilsWaiting for your soul to claim You climb out of one pit But fall into another You are trapped in this cycle Each time, it’s harder to recover For in every pit you fall Comes the agonising decision To risk Continue reading
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New Sight
I was locked in a cage In chains so tight Now my eyes have been opened I see beyond this night I see bright stars in the heavens Far greater than my darkest fears I see vast oceans of water That dwarf my litany of tears I feel the roar of a hurricane Driving my Continue reading
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Flame
The flame is speaking Steadily it hums As it gently flickers It sings its song I will devour All that you own Right now I am small But soon I will grow I will feast on your dreams Consume your talents I will burn your eloquence And condemn you to silence But when the fire Continue reading
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Failed Foundation
I feel beneath my feet The ruins of a foundation A groundwork that was laid But was completely wasted A life spent But spent in vain Now these stones Are just a source of shame I prepare to break These reminders up But something in me Causes me to stop My failed foundation My so-called Continue reading
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Drained
I hate this This crushing pressure To be the person That always delivers I cannot fail Because if I do Others can’t cope Or know what to do I have achieved so much That if I stop People panic When they notice the loss They suck my talents dry My gifts, my generosity But which Continue reading
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Jester
I am not sure How I got this role I did not apply But was still enrolled Chosen as the happy one Who cheers everyone up Who always smiles And shows true love I was the one To carry other people’s burdens But found myself alone When I was hurting I danced so long That Continue reading
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A Giver
Why can’t I Be like everyone else And be content to live Focussed on myself? Everyone else Can be insular Live without guilt Easily ignore others But if I do I die inside When I indulge myself I’m never satisfied I tried to be self-focussed To put me first But I was left With this Continue reading
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Curse or Crown
A young man has an affliction Suffers from a curse It’s been there his whole life He’s had it since birth He can feel your emotions As if they were his own When he sees someone wince His insides groan Describe your situation And he will experience it Open the sorrows of your heart And Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 