Conclusion

 

Conclusion is that there’s probably nothing to worry about

Well, you know how THAT goes!

Probably isn’t definitely

And a niggling voice repeats and repeats in your ear

This is it

It’s all over now

You’re going to die

Make your peace

Cry in your beer

Tell the wife you love her

You big baby!

Image by Victor Vote from Pixabay

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Animals

 

Animals can smell the fear

It sets their teeth on edge

Teeth to bite, defending

Attacking

They sit all day typing on their laptops

Swiping on their screens

Myopically challenging

Worlds apart

A common humanity separated by lies

Here come the little birdies, fighting She said robins were vicious little things I wonder where they get it from? I wonder

Why are you so snappy?

Why are you so bitey?

Why are you so swipey?

Image by Clickphoto Switzerland from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/cat-animal-pet-eyes-teeth-1739091/

The Planets 6 - Uranus, The Magician

A poem from 2019

Something wicked’s coming

A twisted magick

The jolly fat man with ice cold heart

Dark eyes, moustache, benign

Plays a tune with chanted words

Beats you over the head

Repeatedly, deafening you

Lightning flashes before dizzy eyes

Carnival, coming to eat you up

Chaos enclosing

Men turned into rabbits

Is all lost?

Hope is coming, silencing him

The King of a deeper magic

Unattainable

A poem from 2019

Hearts afraid at the water’s edge

Keeping themselves to themselves

Unable to take the plunge

Scared of the demon obstacles

Unprepared for the fight

The distant resting place remains

Unattainable

Isolation

A poem from 2018

A big, bad world
We see it on TV
Murder on every corner
Death on every street

Brick up the doors
Keep the wicked out
Obsess in front of CCTV
Sound the panic alarm

Isolation
Keep your enemies away
And your friends further away
Trust has died

Paralysis

A poem from 2018

When will the terrors of this night end?

Countless parallel universes trap me in fear

I soon realise this isn’t reality but struggle to escape

I feel my real body in between the scary episodes

It’s only a dream, it’s only a dream, it’s only a dream

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?

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

Inside

A poem from 1992

There is a nuclear reactor

bound to explode

inside me

unless

it is closed

down

It hurts like hell

inside me

it is breaking down -

That old powerhouse

inside me

I’m not stupid

I’m not a rebel

There is no punk

inside me

There is junk

there is a great

broken wall

a city

safeguarded by the rubble

of vulnerability

inside me

Tumbling down

to the ground

love is not found

a suitable expression

from inside me

There is no voice

to express

to pour out

the thoughts

that pile up

inside me

No ears to hear

No hands to bear the burden

Just a heart to tear away

the final boundaries

of false hope

There is a yearning for daylight

inside me.

Conspiracy

A Poem from 2016

Watch me perform it on YouTube...

Conspiracy, conspiracy, everywhere

And not a drop to drink

Paranoia pervades my friends

And in the past

My heart would sink

To fearful fear

Thinking the same

They're all out to get me

To stab me in the small of the back

Crippled by imagination

“They”

The faceless

The anonymous

Out there

The whatever percent

And now

Powerless

The waters wash beside me

Bliss

Happiness

Not eroded

Peace

With my crossbow

I shot the monster

Boom Bang A Bang

A poem from 2016

Watch me perform it on YouTube...

Come closer, come closer and listen
The pounding of missiles
I notice it most when not sleeping
Come closer and cuddle me tight
Loud in my ear
Pounding away, pounding away
 
It’s such a frightful feeling
Don’t go away
I want to live
I want to live
Close to you

Your smile is so false and forced
Grinning, bearing
Hold me, give me hope
Love me tonight
Forever
That’s right
Let’s pretend it will stop soon

It’s such a scary feeling
When I’m in your arms
Hearing their arms
I feel your heartbeat
Fast and loud

In your arms
I hear your heart beat
I hear
I…