Poetica

  • Only Echoes Remain

    Authored: August 30, 2017 A smile says a thousand wordsBreaks through and pierces the hardest of a stony heartLove is ExigentDistant echoes felt between the wordlessAn Aurora in the ReflectionsShimmering in a clear blue skyReflected on the surface of a river.A touch can lift the spiritsBreaking through our own self-imposed hell’sLove is DawnLove is a…

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  • Maniform

    Authored: August 28, 2017 I awoke as if I had been in a dream.Found myself on a bridge shrouded in mistAll around was the condensation of deep mistThere were no shadows in this mist.I saw a figure on a bike slowly approachA manHis figure grew distinctAnd I gaspedHe had my face, much olderAnd he whistled…

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  • “What Could I Say?”

    Authored: August 27, 2017 A vast array of memories pours through meDown through my very being to my fingersLet loose as wordsThere’s so much I want to sayBut I have missed the boat long agoMissed my chanceWhat could I say?Always a foolLove and its deceptionsAnd yet here I go….Driving through the rainI am that guyWondering…

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  • Freedom’s Foundry

    Authored: August 23, 2017 I dreamt of being above a fieldSo beautiful full of blooming flowersUnder a sun-drenched glowThere were almost no words to describe it.The wind sings a song enchanting the flower petalsTo open up to the warm sunraysA blossomingThen came the bees buzzing along to pollinateA cycle of resplendent gloriousness.A peacefulness within a…

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  • Silent Tears Swell to Form Rivers in the Alleyways of Cities

    Authored: August 22, 2017 We work, we toil, we scrounge to surviveDreams are that much harder to reachWhen the cost of living rises each yearSo, people struggle, they make doWhile the richer get richer and the politicians play gamesPoliticians say, “we feel your pain”What a laugh, if they did, the system would not be as…

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  • “Imbibing the myth of glory….”

    Authored: August 13, 2017 With boots on the groundthe drone ships in the airMen and women dressed for combatWith death in their handsTheir leaders spoke of this being a war about freedomAnd keeping their nation safe.With nationalistic vigour and bloodshot eyesThey ran down the wet roadside towards the villageThese soldiers were young, but trained in…

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  • Untitled Poem

    Authored: August 13, 2017 I’m longing for all the things I will never getI’m longing for all the things I had and lostI’m longing for innocence and simple dreamsI’m longing for ignorance and bliss.

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  • “There is Still Time, Brother”

    Authored: August 11, 2017 It’s not the end of the worldIt’s only the end of usThe world will go on just the sameOnly we shan’t be in it.She lived in the dream world of unrealityOr else she would not admit realityHe did not knowIn any case, he loved her as she was.All those cities, all…

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  • “Transcript”

    Authored: August 6, 2017 I – PatchworkYou want cruelty to beget crueltyYou’re not superior to those who were cruel to youYou’re just another generation of new cruel peopleA whole bunch of cruel peopleBeing cruel to a new bunch of kind loving peopleWho’ll end up turning and being cruel to youThe only way we can live…

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  • “I Will Tell You What Love is Not……A Deserted Dust Filled Abandoned Room”

    Authored: August 5, 2017 My days of loving is done for this lifetimeAnd I have made my peace with thatIt’s okay you see, I am no longer bitterI just know my time has come and goneI picked myself up, reattached the pieces of my soul.Once you’re born you can no longer hideSo is once you…

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