Rejection
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Spiteful Vapour
A spiteful vapour Rises from a glen To hunt and haunt The hearts of men Travellers freeze Goosebumps bristling As they sense a presence Disturbed by their visiting Icicles form On a furrowed brow As a local kneels And breaks old vows Lips trembling Heart fiercely beating As an ancient hatred Starts retreating Continue reading
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Box of Fears
She packed all her fears Into a little boxShe did this when She was still very young It was not deliberate It was subconscious She did not suppress Her pain on purpose It rattled in her mind For years and years As she filled it with more And more of her fears She did not… Continue reading
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Lone Tree
A lament Cold are the starsAs the bitter winds whipA lone tree on a moorBy darkness, stripped Ravaged by a stormCracked by its shakingIts twisted roots snapIts iron will breaking Cast out from the forestThe tree has been exposedIts branches creak and crackAs the wind ever blows And so when it fallsIt will make no soundAs its hollow… Continue reading
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Embittered
They thought because I was quiet That I had nothing to say But I held my words within me Until I came to this page They left no space For my voice to be heard So I went to a place Where I would never be spurned Their loud voices drowned out My attempts to… Continue reading
