The stream (all workshops)
Arrogant little freak
Assassin in the undergrowth
Marauder, ravaging my soul
Bandit, betrayer
Hellion, destroyer
Instigator of my ruin
Primordial, sensibility
Driving me insane
Slashing at my psyche
But I’m feisty and prepared
A quarrelsome girl
I’ll fight you tooth and claw
Won’t take your shit, anymore
I’m ornery and battle worn
A fractious little madam
I’ll fight you tooth and nail
Your distorted lies, I will unveil
Simply retarded or…
I long ago stopped believing
in a world of loving people,
I long ago stopped going in
that building with it’s great
big blood drenched steeple.
Who with common sense
could believe in such a thing,
I challenge all who read,
take a look at our world
of cosseted slumbering.
Once, so many years ago,
in a distant place and clime;
our thoughts and life we shared,
each move, in perfect time.
Words in unison, hearts pulsed,
so intimate, each gesture;
each expression, fears repulsed,
companions of great measure.
Now it seems we're worlds apart;
nothing more in common share.
The last desired thing to start,
to fray bonds beyond repair.
Tomorrow bears no sunrise
with correspondent promise;
about oneself do realise,
quite a monstrous fate remiss.
swift chalice
these singed things
and a night
in its drizzle sheen
you have become
what I have see
and I had fallen
laying broken
on the thorns
of covet
See the car parks
with their shiny new cars,
next to the sparkling new sports arena
and the smiling children,
excited about the game to be seen.
See the lovely girls
with their perfect faces
near the skyscraper buildings
that pierce the sky.
And how people pay so much
for something to eat,
in the expensive restaurants
always so full.
Look at the beautiful shops
full of wonderful clothes
and the children enjoying life
down at the beach.
It was on my regular walk, when I first saw her
with her beautiful red hair, flowing in the breeze.
A lovely young girl, in her teens
always happy to smile at me
and to say hello.
She was much younger then.
Now when I see her, she has the look of a woman
and a young man holds her hand.
I saw them both walking towards me the other day
coming from the woods nearby.
His face a little flushed and her hair still lovely
but rather ruffled.
"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." Albert Camus
Walking in your shadow
I had to stay back
Be undermined
Give you slack
Try hard
to be what you needed
Still
your ambivalence wavered
Till the decision came
Suggesting you
had made up your mind
But know this -
There are lovers
for whom longing
is enough...
I am not among them.
BB 25 October, '10
I sit in fear it may come here
this plague advancing much too near
it has advanced without remorse
can nothing keep it from its course ?
For decades it was held in check
my hob-nailed boot upon its neck
but now it seems it's running wild
infecting woman, man, and child
So I sit behind my palace walls
hoping that this contagion stalls
but unlike all of the times past
I fear it may get me at last
Ikebana…
What order do you restore
in my tormenting life,
gaining my most trusted love.
Around you discipline
emanates with ease,
contenting carefully.
Your talent turns troubles away
peace unconsciously conveyed,
time will heal you state.
Perfect actions seem to
carry the hour with a worth,
driving home the cut.
And Life Goes On
What was that you said dear
Ask I as I lifted my head
There is a truck turned sideways
We are running dead ahead
The explosion and thud was all I heard
Pain searing through me
A scream was my final word
Sirens blaring coming near
A soft hand holding mine
Saying you’ll be alright dear
The acrid, acidic smell of a
Deployed air bag
Choking, I can’t breath
Something snapped in my chest
And so I barely remember the rest
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