Her eyes shed despair so tired and weak Though a soft satin touch caresses her cheek She faithfully, tearfully hugs to her breast A vacant faced bundle of innocence blessed Tiny heart beating body and soul Love given so freely taking its toll. Trace that young life so perfectly formed Her young slender body keeping …
Here in the dark, we three My Father, myself and the baby We are witnessing the fields after the storm from our living room window All is clean, blank and still With the lights gone out Everything is simple and slow Single minded in our endeavours He is resurrecting an old torch I am finding …
The glistening of each blade held captive, Sways in the sunlight. Dazzling the watchful naked eye, Open to its sparkle and allure, That stops to observe this marde gras. In this moment, the world haults. Leaving only freedom, to observe, To breathe in all that can be achieved. Laid bare as it is, draped in …
A constant decadent veil of darkness clouds up her eyes. Deep trenches, dug from anger and fear, sit in silent pride. Every hollow and crevice, the marker of endless rage held inside Embedded and rigid, the scars of inner war, she can’t hide. All she sees now is the damage, that she caused and has …
by MC The dances and joyous sounds of the day have changed. The rain falls, beginning still and sudden, Its core gets closer and brings heavy falls now, heavy and fast. It has arrived and yet much remains unanswered. Was it apparent that this was coming? The temperatures had dropped and set the stage for what was to be. Its cunning – only realised in hindsight, The drops …
by John Anthony The time it took for urban sprawl and populations to expand And children once so little to succeed Has seen within, thoughts unwritten, winning garlands Bright in dreamland As caution tramples down the flowering seed. I lie unearthed and naked, each test refrain Standing petrified in fear, may God reveal, Mid omnipotence …
by M.C. You are disconnected You stand with arms outstretched reaching out, tears falling down your face, But you can only turn away, feeling alone. You attempt a smile, heart light should shine out through your chest, But it remains burrowed deep and out of view. Words flow from your mouth and others laugh, But …
My God, This throbbing life is my inheritance. What pastures lie beyond This plight of ignorance? A wrinkled old man’s face may cast a glance And regret the smooth complexion of romance. Those seedless thoughts the richest soil lay waste. It is life’s recoil, winter deep. Leaves brown, down tumble Brittle trinkets of decay, Whirled …
Fearfully I call on Christ to aid me. Each prayerful syllable An echoed word resounds Around the caverns of thought. Were it not for language Where do you reside? I could not call you Lord, Know name or place in time or space. Can I know you? What would I see? If in the void …
He said it was all her fault. “If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be here”. “Your welcome”, her quick thought response. This didn’t match this stories tone. What had he meant? Where had these words gone? Why are they back? The weight of it she carried unknown to her. Since she was twelve, she …