Poetica

Authored: June 24, 2020 My children, this is the Earth speakingYet you cannot hear, you are deaf to my words and actionsI tried to warn you gently, yet you continued your waysYour ways destroy, consume, plunder and ransackYou take and take and take some moreI was patient with you, my childrenUntil nowI was patient until…

Authored: June 8, 2020 I reached across to where you should be, pressed against my frame; the lingering smell of your hair so intoxicating. A scent I yearned for, a narcotic only for my senses.I reached across to trace my fingers along your perfectly sculpted but somewhat frail architecture. I don’t think you will ever…

Authored: May 14, 2020 Have you wondered at some time in your lifeWhether a decision made could have been differentIf you had picked a different option?There’s a distance, I feel itThe fractures were just too muchRevisions could not be made, it was just too lateThis distance, often ephemeral and quantifiableThis distance is a chasm, a…

Authored: May 3, 2020 It’s stuck in my throatAn unadulterated sense of revengeAn image in my mindYou cheated on me and flouted it in my faceFuck youWhat have I become?A parodyWanting you to feel my brutalism.A sense of revengeEven after all these yearsIt hurtsCause you were the first I truly lovedWell, fuck youAnd fuck meAnd…

Authored: April 20, 2020 “There’s a certain nobility in being alone. I think when you realise through all your mistakes, frailties and baggage, nobody else deserves your mess, this decision will free you.” – Unsaid sageFor a very long time in my life, I struggled with loneliness. Until fairly recently when I had a change…

Authored: April 19, 2020 PROSE Your fight is over….Memories pass; familiar faces fade into darkness. Separated by your actions, you find yourself alone. Uncontrollable desires trap you. Emotions run through your head; thoughts shrouded by fear and anxiety. Fear has kept you away, it has stopped you from enjoying things you desire. As suppressed feelings…

Authored: April 10, 2020 Grief, remorse, regret, unendingsPoignant reminders of a life livedEncroaching darkness eclipses orbitMaybe you did hurt meBut we came from hell and tried to surviveUp, there: Your Words were meaningless. I’m tiredTired of the dreams of what could’ve beenTired of the nightmares that plague meLet me sleepUnder this dead tree. Down, here:…

Authored: April 3, 2020 There has always been a part of you in everything I’ve done, I’m grateful, you don’t have to be nothing more than the best you can be, even if you don’t reach it, you’re already pretty far, don’t ever doubt yourself, at least I never do. I know you’ll be fighting,…

Authored: March 28, 2020 n this moments, a fleeting wonderI feel the cool waters slide around my feetLooking out unto a world of waterI cough, and this induces bloodI’m sick, sick in bodyThis virus has crippled my lungsBut I made itAlone.I pondered my life, echoes of happiness and sadnessThe drums beat in my headYour voice…

Authored: February 9, 2020 PretendYou were like the othersYour fingers scarred meMemories like ice carved in stoneYour eyes, I still dream of them.A dream,Ordained in vague memoriesYour touch across my fleshI pulled you to meFlesh upon fleshLost in you.You became someone to meMemories became storiesAnd stories became poemsA holy vessel, in my mind.I still feel…