Author’s Choice
Last Words of a Dying Captive
question with a barrel
bait me with your blades
beat me ‘til you break me
so I can lie in shame
Confessions
truth ignored
life unknown
no soil here
nothing sown
Fallen
our fire consumed the jealous gods
the sun rose on a world of two
beneath the moon man, skin hit skin
more love and dreams than stars to view
Another Conversation
another conversation
with the pain that’s in my head
concludes a life of solitude
beats crowds and feeling dead
A Soldier meets a King
The Soldier Addresses the King
O King, take heed, take heed
My people, let them be
Cast anchor from our shores
Not the only one
I know I’m not the only one
lost in darkness, seeking sun
feeling reapers coursing near
drawn like magnets to my fear
Take Away (Rise Again)
take away our basic needs
leave us in the rough, the weeds
we shall rise upon the breeze
and you shall know us by our deeds
One who Stands and Waits
I’ve drank from countless fetid wells
each sip was sickly oceans
no salmon there, just bones and shells
a dead man under potions
Everything’s Recorded
everything’s recorded
the good stuff to the sordid
all action and reaction
the blissful times, the morbid
So you Wanna Know
So . . . you wanna know
‘bout me and my plateau . . .
but you don’t wanna know
why I held you then let go
Echoes
nine times I have lost my mind
nine times the doors have slammed behind me
four walls
four walls
Different Fish
there are none of us perfect
yet none of us imperfect either
we are all of us just different fish
all of us the way we are
If I Should Fall
If I should fall when shadows are still short
Depart the stage mid-scene without a bow
Let those who know the wind declare my worth
This much, I try find good as bad allows
On being in Hell
when you go to a place where the sun don’t shine
the soul flees your dreams so they torture your mind
you hold on with hope but it gets you so far
so you think about death and with it you spar
Rosebud
a misty rain soothes my warm skin
burned by the labours of the day
cool evening caresses my churning thoughts
I could sit out here all night
I Heard a Bird
you want heaven
heaven sent
heaven came
and off you went
Two Sailing Ships
two sailing ships took a trip
across the great divide
one got stuck the other hooked
and shared its full supply
On Forgiveness of Sins
forgiveness of sins
is the most important thing
in the world
I know
The Silent Song
keep your tongue lest cold winds blow
the bottom rung is where you'll go
if you tangle with your foe
jingle jangle to and fro
Barely Just
I face annihilation
before I fall asleep
I feel the firm formation
of oceans wide and deep
Parties
well I went to your parties
and the wine tasted good
but the walks home were lonely
feeling misunderstood
Mysterious Waters
he came from a dark place
he came with a load
life on his etched face
his sorrow below
My Father’s Son, my Mother’s Pride
I was born with low IQ
my parents were not well to do
my father died when I was two
my mother did what she could do
On the Error of my Ways
I saw a straight line
but walked a crooked path
as the road was full of tarmac
I put my feet on grass
Love
love makes you do
what you wouldn't do
if you had a choice
if you had no voice
Stars and Suns or Chosen Ones
what's with all these people
that I see on my TV
each sinner's backing winners
and they say it could be me
XXX
as I reflect
on disconnect
I see that I was screaming
for way way far
Seven Broken Toes
we all got problems dude
you're not in solitude
just take the time to rest your bones
to be alone
How Else?
we move beneath the darkness
we slide between the cracks
we are the ones who never find
gold on beaten tracks
23 Years
it started on a summer's day
when the sun did not console me
a boy with only longing
for some soulful girl to hold him