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Cage of cards

Chaotically clustered
cage of cards
covering all
cynically
silent sides
of life plainly
plastered before my
persistently
passing
presence of the
present day.
Thoughtlessly
thrashing out the
leisurely
overlapping lanes
of possibilities
prancing through
the pressuring
palms of probability.
With a
single stern
stomp taking back
the cross mask of control.
There steadily
stumbled down
the obliquely
built walls
of ambiguity

Flame

it was a beautiful flame
and it had to burn
the paper with our names
it had to wash away

each side of the coin shall always remain

Lonely Man

I had a vision of a lonely Man
Who on his shoulders weight was laid
With every sadness that sorrow can
That in his eyes was Spirit made

To capture time and tame the rage.
His pouting mouth formed early age
But in his blood he sought the fight
And always knew a sense of right.

I read his words and heard the shout,
“Not yet will I turn about!”
I looked long for him, his never die
And found him in the wind’s dark sigh.

Prometheus and Pandora

The creator of mortals, but only of men it is said...
Instigator through portals, of many flames blue to red.
Punished by Zeus, his liver a feast for the birds,
Left alone and not heard, but actions are louder than words.

The epitome of honour, eternal pain to help men
Out of the fire came knowledge, progress, and then ..
Pandora opened a jar, out flew much evil and sin
From then women were shamed, the men would win.

In the hospital

I'm in a very shitty environment,
I'm in a hospital,
There's people who shit on themself here,
There's people who are mentally ill,
Then there's nurses who are not gentle,
Then there's times when the food doesn't arrive on time,
Then there's times when somebody asks you for your food,
Then there's times when you can't sleep, or when you're just suffocating or coughing,
Then there was times you couldn't get up from the toilet seat because your bones were too weak,

THE BEACH

Tattooing Biscuit coloured
Backs with haphazardly soul
sunken prints, feet bars getting
kissed by rolling rushing turquoise
waves with white foamy caps.

Its froth briny toungue pushing
out jellyfish and crab cones
Weightless driftwood surfing
aimlessly, sheets of golden

light rebounded off the sluggish
warm highway sea.

THE BULLY

THE BULLY

Being a bully is a state of mind
Not always physical you’ll find
Nor even aggressive behaviour
I wonder, who needs a saviour
And who’s the real victim here
Bullies are bullied it may appear

Yet is this all psychological fluff
Those affected have had enough
Not long before one might snap
And react with more than a slap
To pursue a permanent solution
Finally ending all the persecution

Muted

When I'm in a depressive phase
the whole world gets duller
like everything is muted and grey

music no longer sends chills up my spine

I can't concentrate on anything
long enough to satisfy my senses

I can't read or watch TV
or even write...

I just lie in bed
existing
waiting
for the voices to quiet enough
that I can sleep

Meeting Destiny

Logs crossed to meet
their fiery destiny.
twigs added
to aid the match.
Failing, the logs
are bathed in fluid
to make their future
come in the form of light
and the scent of smoke.
People ring the bonfire
with marshmallows
on metallic sticks to be wed
with chocolate and
graham crackers.

Poetically Crude

For the cloak of spontaneity,
Is often born of impropriety,
Lest...
A heart withers to form a wisecrack in character.

True to the core.

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