Smoke

A poem from 2018

he's feeling nervous

he lights another ciggy

long, slow suicide

Brain Freeze

A poem from 2018

A mind blank as this sheet of paper
Staring straight ahead
Not knowing what I'm looking at
In my own little world
Snap out of it!
Think think think!
It will come back to me in a minute
I hope this brain freeze is not masking a bigger problem

A New Mourning

A poem from 2018

Dying
A sad sight
Holding on hopelessly
A little bit of beauty remains
Tainted
We wait to see
A happy sight
Full on beauty
Paradise

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Why Are We Hiding?

A poem from 2018

The heat is burning
It's far away and it's near
It's hard to escape
We cower in fear
Hiding

A spiritual warfare
We've forgotten that He
Is the winner within us
So why are we
Hiding?

Build The Wall!

A poem from 2018

Build the wall!

Shout aloud

Put your hands over your ears

Build the wall!

Build the wall!

Rehearse arguments

Choose you friends unwisely

Build the wall!

Build the wall!

Bricks so high

Block out the sky

Build the wall!

Build the wall!

Wide eyed fanaticism

Angry heart and mind

Build the wall!

Build the wall!

Build the wall!

A Golden Dawn

A poem from 2018

The future is bright

A golden dawn

Am I the only one who sees we've been here before?

Failure repeats

And no one learns

Bury your head in the sands of my concerns

The future is bankrupt

That's the truth

But too much power usurped and no one can deny you

Resistance is useless

Some sigh and lament

But we just carry on trusting as you lead us over a cliff

Trees Walking

A poem from 2018

Sometimes things are a bit blurry
On the whole I have a good idea what's going on
Sometimes I see gods as trees walking
On the whole I am happy to trust the Son

Tangled

A poem from 2018

Tangled lives
Impossible to extricate yourself
Without causing damage

Human Race

A poem from 2018

Life strives to begin
A human race
Only one winner
Hang on to his coattails
A crown of thorns is not an impenetrable barrier

In The Name Of Love

A poem from 2018

Kill and eat, in the name of love

Easy meat, in the name of love

Trampled under feet, in the name of love

Lie and cheat, in the name of love

Goats that bleat, in the name of love

Burning heat, in the name of love

Injustice mete, in the name of love

Vain conceit, in the name of love

Rats compete, in the name of love

The poor mistreat, in the name of love

Taking the Name in vain

Bloodthirst cocaine

Interpretation chicane

Infernal quatrain

Spiritually insane

Molecular ingrain

Decalogue profane

Eternal hurricane

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Excitement

A poem from 2018

Excitement makes you forget yourself

Excitement overshadows wisdom

Excitement makes rash decisions

Excitement doesn’t count the cost

Excitement throws caution to the wind

Excitement brings ruin

Unperson

A poem from 2018

What's that sound of crunching under your feet?

It's the noise of the bones of the men you slaughtered

When will my bones join them?

Never, if I can help it!

What's that sound of running water?

It's the noise of the rivers of blood of your victims

When will my blood flow along with theirs?

Never, if I can help it!

What's that sound of crying in the streets?

It's the noise of screaming as you dismember friend and enemy alike

When will my voice be raised with theirs?

Never, if I can help it!

I will keep out of trouble

I will keep my nose clean

I will hide away at the first sign of contention

I will look down at the floor

I will walk along with face impassive

I will bow down and worship your golden image

Space

A poem from 1976

faster than rockets or rain

I travel

through darkness, turning turning

I am a moon

in an empty sky

the stars are dull

in the blackness, burning burning

little round world

spinning on

hurled

through endless space

among a million dark stars

the small world spins

I am a light

too bright

to dream

Ampersand

A poem from 2018

Scratch my name with nails

On the palm of your hand

Hold me even closer

Than hope in a Promised Land

Love intricately woven

Into a wedding band

Purse your lips and kiss me

Eternally we are And

Carpe Diem?

A poem from 2018

I suppose I coulda

And maybe I shoulda

And I possibly woulda

But I didn't

And now I'll never know

If I missed a great opportunity

Or had a lucky escape

Us and Them

A poem from 2018

Us is good, Them is bad

Us is healthy, Them is sick

Us is delicious, Them is vicious

Us is love, Them is hate

Us is polite, Them is rude

Us is loving, Them is nasty

Us is pretty, Them is ugly

Us is sane, Them is mad

Us is Us, Them is Them

Them is Us, Us is Them

Us is bad, Us is sick

Us is vicious, Us is hate

Us is rude, Us is nasty

Us is ugly, Us is mad

Us is Them, it’s all Them’s fault

Them is what is wrong with the world

Us is what is wrong with the world

Remove Them and Us will be happy

Them makes Us miserable

Them is Us, Us is Them