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September 24, 2014
A bond so strong is broken;
now the process of letting go.
Until we meet again, my heart,
no other love shall know.
Bright colours shine and dance like fire,
awakening dormant, past desire.
In duplicate, a wide division;
a trick that comes with double vision.
Yet heartache hidden, too cold to melt
a frozen block, that God’s hand dealt.
And all the weepers and the wailers,
stand by the dock, waving to their sailors,
Some may return, but no guarantee;
a fickle ruler, is that tempestuous sea.
No favouritism, no chosen one,
can escape their fate, from this day on.
So with saddened hearts they turn away,
as tears like rainfall force their way,
from welled up eyes, that almost say
‘Please bring my loved one, back someday’.
And in agony they homeward flock,
to sit-out the wait, for the dreaded knock,
at the door, by he, officially sent to say,
‘Forgive the news that I bring today.’
Though they pray each night on bended knee,
a homecoming re-union, there may never be.
And bright colours shine and dance like fire,
awakening dormant, past desire.
In duplicate, a wide division;
a trick that comes with double vision.
And heartache hidden, too cold to melt
the frozen block, that God’s hand dealt.
September 20, 2014
On the darkened path
to a fetish dream,
laid bare, emotions,
in agony scream.
When a brilliant brain
spinning out of control
seeks out mercy’s angels
who, half naked stroll,
around him,
menacingly tantalising,
in an awakened dream,
that left him fantasising.
(The power too great
at such a dizzy height.
The loneliness up there,
in towers of ivory white.
The expectation unreal,
at summit level.
Daunting is the path;
haunted by the devil.)
So for just one hour
they occupy his mind,
wrapping him in silken threads,
as his hands, they tightly bind.
And offered by the matrix;
life’s gas and air,
when pain too great, and life,
too much to bare.
Releasing pent-up stress;
so great the power.
Cometh the man,
cometh the hour.
‘Do with me what you will;
exploit my every whim.
Release my pent up stress.
Turn down the lights to dim’.
‘Too much, too much,
oh god, too much.
The sight of all that flesh
that I dare not touch’.
‘My own High Priestess;
the Ruler of the day,
make me sit and beg;
I promise to obey’.
‘Beat me to a pulp,
with your feathered wand.
I promise to be good.
I promise to respond.’
The supreme Goddess of Love,
bring me to my knees.
You have my heart and soul;
my only wish to please’.
Gone are unanswered emails
left for tomorrow,
in this world where dominance,
strips bare, life’s sorrow.
until strength found
once more, to carry on,
in this relentless world,
from where we’ll soon be gone.
Oh the joy of a witness
when insanity strikes;
the convenient bystander
that no defence likes.
Oh the happiness felt
when support is around;
the willing comforter there,
when little sense found.
Oh the justice at last
when all looked but lost;
the angel in disguise
on a path indeed crossed.
And she the one
who favoured thrift;
a steadying oar,
when the boat adrift.
And she the one
who favoured caution,
and knotted ends
to life’s contortions.
And she the one;
a safe pair of hands,
who balanced the books
before final demands.
And she the one
who others took for a ride,
when in an act of greed,
committing, professional suicide.
And she the one
empowered by need,
took hold of the reins
and did succeed.
The lows so low,
no recovery sought.
Any hope of a future
amounting to nought.
The nonsensical reasoning
that idle time bought,
until vision arrived
and life’s blessings taught.
In helping others now suffering,
and in a trap caught,
was the very best medicine,
and quick relief, brought.
September 17, 2014
She told me they’d
stopped her seeing Earnest,
because her Father thought
him to be a bit tapped,
and when she finally got
engaged to Albert,
they raised their hands
and clapped.
Then Earnest joined a circus,
and sadly fell off an elephant,
whilst not wearing a hat,
and Albert made a good husband,
so no more was spoken about that!
September 16, 2014
No evidence seen
of teeth marked gnaws;
(ice cannot be entered
until it thaws.)
So this being life
with all it’s flaws;
no pheasants present,
they caught jackdaws.
Then went about
their daily chores,
knowing the cauldron’s
contents held sinister claws.
And in the cauldron
of lost cause,
simmered withered hopes,
through metal gauze,
now riddled with rust;
too long the pause,
when stop/start action
gained little applause.
And though the cauldron
broke no laws;
old as time excuses
from open jaws.
September 6, 2014
He was normal as nine pence,
wi’ a full tuppence change.
Tho’ the tanner in his hand,
he would have to exchange,
or press button B
like a fruit machine hit,
to collect a few coppers,
and a thre’penny bit.
He was rich wi’ a florin,
and king wi’ ‘alf a crown.
but the farthings were heavy,
and weighed his pant’s down.
That man of words;
heart ruled by head,
who she, he beckoned,
to his bed,
in heady times
of miss-spent youth.
In wilderness days
of outspoken truth.
That man of words
with needy passion,
who she dallied with
in outrageous fashion.
And who in urgency,
showed no shame;
a Degree had he
in the ‘mating ‘game.
That man of words
with spirit reeling;
strong memories still,
inhibit the healing.
Who in answer to
another cuckoo’s call,
once more did conquer,
though from grace did fall.
That man of words,
who from Byron quoted,
cast her aside
when to another, devoted.
But, in all honesty,
if truth be shared;
it was only ever for
himself, he cared.
That man of words,
who deemed himself a bard,
with a restless nature,
and who had scant regard,
for the debris left
as amour turned to ashes;
and who was later exiled,
and given fifty lashes.
That man of words;
a ‘one off’ or not?
Only time will tell,
for that rebellious swot.
But wise advice,
as daylight starts to fade;
best stay indoors,
or be afraid!
That man of words;
back on the prowl!
A tale or two, could tell,
that ever watchful owl,
who quietly sits,
absorbing all;
and the first to know,
who’s out on the crawl.
That man of words,
heard beyond the grave,
lives on amongst us
in menace, to misbehave.
And as the owl hoots,
to acknowledge his arrival,
heads are shook in wonder,
at his survival.
That man of words
oft found lying down,
now back in force
to regain his crown,
and moving nearer,
with his whispered curses;
lest we should forget
the heartache, he still nurses.
That man of words, who
through promiscuity reigned,
(capturing imagination;
an outlet, for those pained),
will not lay rested
as the owl knows so well;
for he too, gets ‘day release’,
from his own personal hell.
That man of words
who feathered his nest;
then gave back to the world,
it all, in his final bequest,
will not be acknowledged,
until the seedlings grow,
and future generations,
his work, all come to know.