Poetica

Authored: July 14, 2018 Even if you were far from me, I still wanted youYour blond hair, your beautiful hair, I wanted to touchTo stroke, to weave through my fingertipsI wanted to kiss your sweet lipsA shuddering mass of want and desire and need.I loved you, do you see?In my mind, I undressed youMy fingers…

Authored: July 6, 2018 There came a time when he forgot the names;The names of birds, of types of trees and of clouds;Running in torn clothing and shoes almost fallen apartA large stick in his handThrough an overgrown parkHe could hear the hungry cries and howls behind himHe dared not look back….This world had cried…

Authored: July 4, 2018 Southern air: thick, heavy, etherealGhostly projections of you, of me, of us, of thenTo dance again through those long summer nightsOur limbs intertwined, hands locked, warmWeaving a web to entangle ourselvesTo embrace in such fleeting blissFighting nothing, feeling everythingIt flickers like summer stars over our heads that turn upward.Your gaze meets…

Authored: June 25, 2018 For those who are battling depression and anxiety Sometimes it became too much, you see;Or maybe you won’t or can’t seeBecause you do not know the feelings of struggleI have to deal with, even when I appear to be functioningYou won’t ever know the amount of tears I shedOr the times…

Authored: June 25, 2018 As children we had dreamsWhich were bright and large and wilfulAs we got older, these dreams changedAs we realised that the world around us -Was not what it seemed…..Toward a damaged vision of what we wantedAs adults we watched some of our dreams vanishDistant horizons bled drySome chose to never dream…

Authored: June 9, 2018 This depression is like a stormThe anxiety bled withinAnd the sky fell….For a long time, I was in despairStuck within myself, lost asunder.The sky is falling, and I am learning to live with itMaybe it needed to fall so that I could changeThe storm is lifting, the waves in the dark…

Authored: May 31, 2018 These lungs of mine nurture rehearsed memoriesThis ordeal has overstayed its welcomeLife proceeds as a living purgatoryTo repeat the cycle of emptinessWe live for the purpose of not knowingDisregard the knowledge that binds you to amap of life.The process has been reset.

Authored: May 30, 2018 I held you tightly to me, in this the final momentsI closed my eyes as I hugged youTook in your fragrance and scent, held you closeI could not bear to be away from you.We heard the rush of windFollowed by the roar of waterYou whimpered on my shoulderAs we held each…

Authored: May 30, 2018 I have suffered many stormsI have stayed resolute in the deepest of nightsShone my light into thine darknessBut I have not come across another lighthouseDo they still make my kind?I brave the depths and look into the shallowsI have been home to migratory birds for a spellI have enjoyed those days…

Authored: May 26, 2018 Years later, I am still lostA struggle to recover…a feeling of struggleAbsolved….until it becomes a part of youYou are still a part of meWhen all is lost….I have so much less to fearI’ve given in…Someday you’ll find meWhen the darkness grows from your lightThere are remnantsTangled flesh and bonesYour taste is…