Poetica

  • Those who fell between the cracks of Society

    Authored: June 30, 2015 A cold bitter wind blows against a wind blasted faceA middle-aged man looks haggard trying to keep warmOn a blisteringly cold Winter’s night.All he has for belongings is a garbage bag and a trolley andNewspapers for sheets against the coldHe tries to take sanctuary at the bottom of stairwells at Central…

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  • Transmergance

    Authored: June 27, 2015 I watched the tide come in and a long with-it thoughtsDrifting in with the waters into my mindFluid motions into a semblance of something realWe were destined for something greater than thisThe constructs around us we have built walls.From the Kuiper belt, the alien armada emergedUnknown to us, Humans, they had…

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  • Humanitas

    Authored: June 26, 2015 I looked out of the window and saw the last city of man before me.Deserted and barren, there was nothing left.Our ship floated above the city, scanning for life signsBut there was none.We had come so far and hoped for much.We left our planet in search of the originators of the…

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  • Cadence II

    Authored: June 18, 2015 I watch the rain fall against the window on this train carriageAround me is a sea of peopleSo close and yet so far from each otherEach one of us is a sea and our words and our look is the shoreTo the other personI skim over the news stories of the…

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  • To Understand, Eventually

    Authored: December 4, 2014 To stand on the summit and reflectTo see the rising sun on a crisp winter’s morningTo wake up,To breathTo smile.To witness beautyTo try to always do the right thingTo never give upTo immerse yourself with natureTo understand, eventually.That I am IAnd you are youChange does not come quicklyIt is like a…

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  • We are frail Stars awaiting Blossoming

    Authored: December 4, 2014 In the quietness of this dawn, as the light trickles inI watched the stars one by one flicker outI was standing in a field of flowersAlone and comprehendingLove is not easy. Love is not a fixation or a fixed emotion or feelingLove competes with that within us that makes us HumanThe…

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  • Seasons of Love

    Authored: November 13, 2014 Some would say a life is not worth living without LoveBut I say to those people; do you Realise what Love is?Understanding comes from experience and experience from every dayYou and I change like the seasons around us. Love was not meant to be achieved without challenges and ardourLove is about…

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  • Iliad

    Authored: November 6, 2014 Close your eyes young child, do not be afraidIf you close your eyes tightly and firmly, the hurts and the painsOf this world won’t get to youAnd in that room, a lone flame blinks out of existenceIn the darkness, the child hears itIt is a drumming, it is a cacophonyIt is…

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  • The Lament of Gaia

    Authored: August 26, 2014 I stood on the wet sand of that beach looking out into the distanceAs waves came crashing into the sandbars and broke apartI could see and feel the power of nature around meIn every motion of every wave, in the wind around meIn the sun, in the clouds.On the sand were…

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  • Perception

    Authored: August 22, 2014 I opened my eyes and looked upon the Earth in a different lightWhere once I lived with doubts and iniquity, they clearedWhere once I was blind, I was no longer blindWhere once I felt chained, I was now freeEverything fell away and the beautiful grace of peace surrounded meI no longer…

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