Spectator

Essentially a spectator I watch from the sidelines The Heroes and the Heroines Living their lives, centre-stage I watch from above The puppets being played On gory green strings of power I watch from below And clap with the rest, … Continue reading →

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Songs of Death & Longing

My soul, a simple, guileless child Floats these skies on wings of dreams I scorch the sunface with my kiss And simmer on its seamless beams Riding blazing molten copper rays I hue this earth with verdigris I dapple the … Continue reading →

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World War III

Children write often of parents who fight So my lines are nothing new I guess this clichéd existence is my only birthright Doomed to go on to the end of their lives Or till the end of mine – When, … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse

Who will stand alone, After our life’s work is done? To regreen this charred globe of mud And re-illume the sun? Who will rekindle the shattered stars, Rake the ashes over? And, will then someone new aspire To Promethean ambitions, … Continue reading →

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Cocktail Hour

Just a piece of our conversation captured on paper. Complete with the grease stains of the red chicken we shred with our teeth, forks and knives glistening by candlelight. Your intentions Reflected on the smudged bowl of my empty wineglass. … Continue reading →

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Vignette

She lay on her back, on smooth, cold silk, stretched out, naked. Savouring coolness on square metres of skin. Little eddies of air danced, little dervishes on tiptoe, in her hair and on her face. Her arm, under her head, … Continue reading →

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Annagramme, Annagram

Earth, earth, earth, earth… Heart, heart, heart, heart… Hear, hear, ear, ear, Earth… Hear, hear, ear, ear, Heart… Tear, Hear earth-tear… Tear, Tear, Hear heart… Heart hear tear, Earth-tear… Earth, hear tear, Heart-tear… Earth, eat heart tear, Earth tear heart … Continue reading →

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Sacrament

I thirst for water, they give me wine I yearn for man, but am blessed divine I long for truth, but words divide I’ve been inside the enemies lines I broke my spirit, just to be I spoke no words, … Continue reading →

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