Black Eyed Susan

A poem from 2018

Split personality

Divide and conquer

Out of Africa comes a flawed goddess

Glowing and dying

Electric display

When winter comes she shrinks back

Fertile attraction

Sweet, golden nectar

Throw a blanket over the earth and dance

Sinkhole

A poem from 2018

Who would have thought it?

The ground swallowed us up

Sin by simple sin eroding the image in us

When marred beyond recognition, came judgement

Our world gave way without listening to the warning

We fell into darkness, made by our own hands

Yet still a hand reached down, offering salvation

Mirror Image

A poem from 2018

Mirror image

Living in two worlds

Amazing soon to see

Flourishing real reality

Eric Arthur Blair

A poem from 2018

Nations rise and kingdoms fall

They fall upon the common man

The days are gone when kings led the troops into battle

One up, one down

A bleak existence

True poverty

Working every hour

Worship Mammon

Become poor

Defy Mammon

Court disaster

History fades

We forget

Past mistakes

Eradicated

All news is fake news

There is no independent source

All have a tale to tell

All have an angle to sell

Peace brings a rise in mental illness

No enemy to distract us

We turn inward

And devour our own entrails

Kingdoms rise and empires fall

They fall upon the common man

The days are come when kings throw us to the dogs

Thermostat Wars

A poem from 2018

“I’m really cold”

“I’m fairly hot”

...let battle commence!

Fish, Blood and Bone

A poem from 2018

A curve drawn on the ground

Friend or foe?

A friend will draw a matching curve

Upside down

Welcome, brother

Blood brothers

Not our blood

The blood of a Saviour

A fish who died

For our sakes

A fish, a lamb, a lion

Not a bone broken

Perfection

There He sits

Praying and waiting

And so we hope

And so we grow

And so we love

And so we live

And so we also wait and pray

Garlic

A poem from 2018

Purify my wicked blood

Be the healer of my flesh

Change my barely pumping heart

Lead me not in the path of evil

Grant me everlasting youth

Rear View Mirror

A poem from 2018

The daily commute

Gridlocked bumper to bumper

Bored with the radio, frustrated

He glances in the rear view mirror

The beautiful face in the car behind

Captures him, and he loses interest in the road

This slog of foot play on the clutch, brake, accelerator

Now made bearable by the pretty sight

He wishes and sighs until he turns off

And drives home to his wife and kids

Photo by Nabeel Syed on Unsplash

From A Distance

A poem from 2018

From a distance
The world's disc
Serene in green and blue
Swirling white hurricanes seem at peace
Hidden, man's inhumanity to man
Man's good deeds
Man's sundry shenanigans
God is watching us
But not from a distance

Sentient Trust

A poem from 2018

Shattered reflections
Through a broken river
A creation distorted
Awaiting wholeness
If I dive in
Surely I'll drown
Part of two creations
I also must wait

The System

A poem from 2018

Everything is weaponised

Everything is polarised

Propaganda - truth or lies?

Have I only now opened my eyes?

Have I only just become wise?

The blind lead the blind into armageddon

Good cop then bad cop

Laugh and joke, then tell you you’re the devil

My brain is not for washing

Limp, my ego sighs

The system is too big for us

Words we type to no avail

History is on the wrong side of us

Yet still there is a future above the skies

An end to all this sorrow

Pergola

A poem from 2018

Strangely crucified

Made a spectacle

Tentacles creep upon me

Grasping

The beautiful sinners

Touching the hem of my garment

Cling onto me

Together we will be in paradise

One Way Ticket

A poem from 2018

He's smiling now
How dumb is that?
A one way ticket to the Lake of Fire
Fully aware, he doesn't repent