your textbook response
to common courtesy...
how can i judge
and say you lied,
when hypocrisy is just
not
my
style.
where does it end?
will it end here?
maybe here?
or perhaps
it's just between
here
and
there.
can it ever end?
or will the façade permafrost?
look outside and
prove it's not snowing.
not even you
can
stop
it.
it's hardly an exam
so quit the fiction.
i know you can act
as you taught me how,
but save it
for
the
stage.
let's reopen the museum
and reveal the art.
a 3 year gallery
laid with 2 year dust.
plus 6 months
of
broken
imperfections.
so how are you?
it's been a while but
Another bill
to pay my respects
Check the clocks
with faces in hands
Drown in coffee
and halo-stained rings
Grab the keys
and fly out the door
Late again
with rush hour hearses
Trafalgar Square
and Big Ben is knolling
Take the tube
to six feet deep
Tunnel works
and grave diggers busy
Climb the stairway
returning to light
Escape the crowds
and mourning traffic
Cross the street
with red-blue flashing
Screeching cars and
Silence.
I cannot take this,
I'm just going insane.
My cancer's beating
And it's hard to conceal the pain.
My life is stricken
While it floods down the drain.
This scarlet romance
Bleeds within from this lie I contain.
So I try to pretend,
That the tears will restrain,
But my soul is so weak,
As it snaps under strain.
All that leaves is my faith,
Burning into the sun~
With no bullets in the gun.
I walk this snowstorm,
Fingers blacken with cold.
Hard to continue
Knowing these future's ashes are sold.
I tremble silently,
My fate growing old.
The darkness seething
Deep inside my veins left uncontrolled.
So I try to pretend,
That
i'm so lost...
i don't know what to do...
...my memories are dreams...
that aren't coming true...
i've forgotten my way...
direction and time...
i'm losing everything...
with structure and rhyme...
my mind is wiped clean...
i can't think at all...
...not even a blank...
or a blockading wall...
the bubble has burst...
it's all leaking out...
my sanity like water...
caught in a drought...
trapped in a web...
i've lost the will...
the spiders are coming...
ready to kill...
...but that's impossible...
because nothing is here...
not even a light...
or shadow treads near...
so are these the nights...
or are these the days?.
I
golden whispers filter through
the delicate crisp trees
and land soft on the cold earth
rustle in the autumn breeze
as bluebirds flutter by
shadows stretch lazily
resting on the ground
remembering the summer days
and dreaming of winter sounds
drifting on the setting sky
II
rich eruptions of crimson bestow
the incredible masquerade
on the waterside below
a waltz of light and shade
fantastic fireworks flying free
panoramic streaks
of yellow electricity
orange sporadic peaks
wondrous palettes of colour infuse
the dynamic radiant verve
the countryside becomes alive
beneath the falling curve
amazing spectacles entertain
We live in nothing more
than black and white,
but who will believe
this flawless lie...
We cry out to the world
and imagine the colours
that entertain us.
The silver leaves of autumn,
the blue oceans and golden sun.
But the colours just paint over
the blemishes we make,
so they all look good as new....
Who are we fooling,
but the faces in the mirror
that try to turn away...
From all this idiocy.
From all this futility.
Maybe we should turn out
the light we rely on,
and witness first hand
our true art creation.
Look at its beauty,
masked so perfectly
on a pedestal of our gold.
Fools we have been...
Such colour-blind f
That jagged icicle
is getting closer
to my
throbbing core.
Frozen in time,
it feels so cold.
But I must catch the
clock in case it slips.
This precious memory
is my only home.
Reality has evicted
me to the elements.
My date is stuck on
February 5th
~~~
The heavens spread wide
and bore gifts of clean snow,
the cool sheets settled
onto the streets.
Celebrations of ice
were sculpting the scene:
with transcended lights,
and sentimental smiles.
The pines were cosy
in white coats so pure,
persuading their innocence
to the cautious minds below.
Snuggly scarves
and gloves were essential,
where the snow-barons
scouted
*Ring*
The temptress is calling,
leaving messages
on my answer phone.
Her enticing echo,
how it yearns for my attention...
The resistance is falling...
How long can I ignore it?
Step to the clear window...
A tempest is brewing outside,
leaving wreckages
across the white cliffs
of Dover. Oh, how it
stains a deeper
shade of red...
The tension is mounting too:
listen to the animals rioting
to the gold thunder claps.
Witness their primitive notion,
as they savagely tear
each other to shreds.
The cries and bloodshed,
they are so hard to bear...
Recoil from the frosting glass...
Watch the fireplace burn black...
New dimen
count with me:
the days flying by;
the clouds in the air;
the stars in the sky.
watch with me:
the birds playing high;
the wind singing merry;
the storm's battle-cry.
~~~
dance with me:
the sway on the hips;
the beat in the steps;
the rhythm on the lips.
wave with me:
to the free-sailing ships;
the journey embarkers;
the clear water wisps.
~
walk with me:
through the fields in May,
by the blossoms blooming;
the beautiful display.
fly with me:
down memory highway,
under built bridges;
across our skyway.
-
jump with me:
out of that biplane,
into the ocean,
rippled by rain.
fight with me:
through the harsh pain,
Stumble in from wars outside,
Divided by cold rain lashing.
My bloodshot eyes forced wide
Cries heavy tears, crashing.
Through the cramped nostalgia halls
Falls my tired body, lame.
Peel my skin onto the hook
Crooked, beside a broken frame.
Unmade sheets that make my nest,
Caress and cradle gently.
I see my friend shrouded by dust,
Rusted, it smiles intently.
Atop the shelf amongst the old,
My cold heart-shaped box plays.
That broken melody tune
Slowly fades into the days.
I reach over, close the oak top,
Stopping the song forever.
Turning in the silent room,
I resume my sleeping endeavour.