Golden girl fallen from grace How can this be? Dreams all laid to bed All those thoughts you had Lost beneith the dross of days Spent surviving Golden girl fallen from grace Everything was laid out for you You could have had it easy But you chose to live instead Now your dreams are ashes […]
Locked in the centre Vibrating through the mind Through the soul Eons pass Night folds to twilight Pain dims in the story of birth Rhythem nature, nature rhythem The cycle begins The cycle ends within itself Pitch building Fear of the unknown Growing, dimishing Towards the end Towards the beginning Black, white, red, black, blue, […]
Wage Slave Trapped in mental annialation Within this hell Achiving nothing on the scale Working endlesses to strike a balance That others unthinkingly tip A painful realisation Within this role Everything relies on you But only in civility And your potential is eroded House Slave Trapped in this plight Within this domestic domain When something […]
Silent World Portal, out staring Concrete cubes Stretch to the sky Brown on Brown Line sinuous Cracked Golden dawn Violet dusk Stretched into beauty Spindly tree Flutters – Life Maroon leaves Twitch Their reflection Tangerine clouds Scud Seagulls soar Life beyond Glass This poem first appeared on my family blog here.
It was milky and the drooly babe That did wail and wiggle in the cott All smiley was her little face And her gums all smooth and pink Beware the gummy mouth my friend The jaws that gum, the tongue that sucks Beware the nappy; and the milky stool; and shun The fumourous terdy leak […]
The city-scape A sociatel creature Circulator system of roads Transporting food, energy and waste Thrumming with a pulse Flashing with electric-light The nervous system Computers talking day and night People the cells Differentiated into roles Society a city-shaped creature
A treasure Pink irridescant Kept in a ring box With transparent lid A rainbowed hologram Hiding the magic Little legs and little tail Head on long neck A shell with segmants Geometric and fine Such a bueatiful thing I owned A small plastic tortoise My nan gave it to me Said I could take it […]
Sweet, not cloying like chocolate Skin scaly smooth Seeds crunch, insect carapaces Juices tinging the end of the tongue Tart, hurting pleasure Ice fire benieth the ears Large read and heart shaped Waiting to ensnare Lighter at the core Soft and succulent A summer treat Coaxed to a sad perfection Over priced Engorged and watery […]
This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week, it is also the begininng of an insane writing challenge called NaNoWriMo which stands for National Novel Writing Month. The idea is that you write a minimum of fifty thousand words in a month and I have been doing this challenge and a picture book sister challenge called PiBoIdMo […]
Darkness pouring over Never, relenting Pushing at eyelids Until coloured patterns Break the monotony Anger burns Inside out emotions Hate Something wrong The washing line Nylon Twisted in yellow sheath Binding numbness Fingers like baloons Movement sluggish Twisting guilt Endless Singing the darkness away Impossible Chocking on rag Sinking within the mind Sensations strong Warm […]