Writing
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The Man Who Lost His Words
A lament There was a man Who lost his wordsSnatched fiercely By a terrible curse A dark mist came On a summer’s day And left his mind mired In seas of grey Now out of his mouth Comes discordant sounds Like a disillusioned maestro Torturing a grand piano He could not explain What had gone… Continue reading
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Adversity is not the End (repost)
Though the fire burns,It will not consume me Though the flood rises, It will not drown me Though the wind howls, It will not stop me Though the lightning flashes, It will not blind me Though the storm rages, It will not engulf me Though the lava encircles, It will not entrap me Though the… Continue reading
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They Still Don’t Understand
I don’t knowWhat more to doTo explain to peopleWhat I go through I have written poemsOf light and darkTo show the battleThat goes on in this heart I have revealedPulled back the curtainOf how writingMakes vague emotions certain How it turns wisps of cloudsInto blocks of stoneSo I can break them downAnd move them on But still they don’t… Continue reading
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Werewolf Writer
The moon goes up And the words come out Watch yourself now There’s a werewolf about His silver fur blackensLike the nib of a pen He sits on his haunches And starts howling again Stories rise From watery graves Poems wake up And haunt the page When the writing is done The werewolf retreats Goes… Continue reading
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Dragons of the Heart
She raises dragons In her chest Beasts of fiery fury Of blood-soaked red Her heart trembles At their churning Her hands write To sate their yearning Endlessly they eat Words and phrases Little chunks of knowledge Severed from pages They spewed out flames Dark and bitter But their thick clouds of smoke Were making her… Continue reading
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I Need to Write
I write Because I must It’s not by choice I cannot stop The words find me Wherever I go They hunt me down Hold a knife to my throat I write ideas down But more will come Once the dam bursts I am overrun But in this torrent I do not drown I feel like… Continue reading
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Depression FM
Depression is like A background radio Tuning into stations Trying to shame you The news bulletins recount Your latest failed projects Talk shows discuss Your many character defects The DJ plays The latest diss tracks A game show host presents A quiz on your dark past I suffered for so long From this abusive broadcast… Continue reading
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Writers Do Not Sleep
Leave me alone I don’t want to write Don’t you know It’s the middle of the night? Go away Let me have my peace It’s not time for writing It’s time for sleep Go on then I will review some work Polish them up Wipe off any dirt A new idea? I’ll note it down… Continue reading
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Burning Bones
Passion locked upIn his bonesHe hears them creakingTheir endless groans His marrow is packedOverflowing with dynamiteGlowing like embersAnd pulsing with light He tried to bury themBut they cannot dieThe deeper he digsThe brighter they shine Now it is a furnaceA cauldron of desireThe only time it easesIs when he sits down to write Continue reading
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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
