Eighteen year olds should know betterChoosing a life of beginnings and endsSweet innocent eyesWe said we could do itNow we march for our sanityTo gain some reprise It worsened much more within two long yearsA pandemic to end usWe worked longer and harderLost in a frenzy to test usEighteen and innocentBecame open eyed and destroyedSeeingContinue reading “The Eyes Of Eighteen”
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Answers To The Silence
We sat there in silence,Neither of us had any more to say,All of our effortsLed us to this place,Silent and eerieAs if we were strangersWho did not know the souls of one another,SadExhausted faces,Rocking chairs, rocking thoughts,One angled to the windowThe other to the dying fire,Never had eyes met with such defeated love.Deep breaths takeContinue reading “Answers To The Silence”
Say Your Prayers
I inhaled a deep breath, my eyes still closed. For the last 4 minutes I’ve heard every word they’ve said. The stupid idiots think I’m still passed out. This should be easy. Where I hated to be restrained, this is not the first time I’ve had my hands bound and my mouth gagged like this.Continue reading “Say Your Prayers”
When The Earth Stood Still
No sun shoneNo rain fell or clouds passedNot even a wave rolling onto the shoreNever had it been so quietNeither one of them disturbed the peaceNot whilst the earth stood still
The Star of The Show
My darkened arena waits for meSpotlights cast, sand perfected.A moment we’ve been waiting forThey may think it’s me, but I’m only a partThe star of this show here, is ArtWhere I squeeze my legs and hold him underHe leaps and soars around like thunderThe curve of his legs, muscular and taughtA magnificent creature in myContinue reading “The Star of The Show”
A Soulmate’s Touch
A soulmates touchRevives our ownSomething quiet and caringGalvanised and awokenNew network engulfed in passionHidden meaning now uncoveredFrom solitude and peaceTo a soul with outstretched armsConnected
The Whispers
The air was wet that evening and the cold wind that had been blowing for weeks, had turned sharp, like ice that night.When they found her at dawn, her face was frozen to the side of the tree this time, her eyes glaring widely to the horizon. She was dead. The stars shone in theContinue reading “The Whispers”
Nothing changes
Life was easier back then. Im not going to deny it Life was almost thoughtless when I thought I was thinking about people When I thought I was caring about people, I had my priorities completely misdirected Thought I was only a child Who knew? I was reckless and fearless Blinded by the medicine andContinue reading “Nothing changes”
Only Now
Only now I know how special you wereOnly now I miss your voice calling out to mePleads for help in the middle of the nightNight after nightOnly now Only now I miss your smellMusky, slightly staleOnly now I inhale when I go into your roomJust to smell what’s left of youOnly now Only now IContinue reading “Only Now”
Ignorant Heart
Years of life given in the blitz of loveSweltering in your arms, my heart encasedProtected and in comfort it was heldWhen all else seemed to fade away, you stayed. Under a myriad of stars, each night adoredIntertwining branches of an oak, stood mightyTwo constants in time with sweetness of wordsHeld together by currents in anContinue reading “Ignorant Heart”
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