Hope

 

It's never ending

I'm always waiting

I throw my hands into the air

Until the Prince of Peace comes

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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

The Pit

A poem from 2017

Brother hatred

Brother jealousy

Brother conspirators

To kill me and throw me in a pit

Brother responsibility

To throw me alive into the pit

To come back later and rescue me

Stripped

Thrown

But I will trust in You

Brother greed

Brother opportunist

To spare my life

To sell me into slavery

Chained

Dazed

But I will trust in You

Brothers cruel

Brothers callous

To tear my coat

To dip it in animal blood

To report my death to my devoted father

To inflict misery on his dear soul

But I will trust in You

My story hasn't ended

Chapters will be written

Ups and downs

Dreams and nightmares

Promises and promises

Glory and glory

Red Hand

A poem from 2017

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If only we could see you now

Lone almighty warrior

Slinging stones

Toppling giants

Leading the way

Confounding the hypocrite

Saving the day

Showing mercy

Slow to anger

Righteous

But no longer holding back

Casting confusion

Shining robes stained red with the blood of the nations

Coming with salvation and reward

Glowing sword in your silver hand

Rescue us!

But here you are

Dying and lying in the woman's arms

Sad soul crying in anguish

Cut off from the land of the barely living

There is no coalition can help us

A coexisting fallacy

Just you and you alone

Action, hero!

Rise up, king!

Save yourself and us!

Red hand and battered body

This is where the story ends?

It cannot be!

Retake your throne

Take your own

We look forward

Quiet shores shimmering

Dawn and daylight

Peace

Same old same old absented

Renewed life

Sans tears

Sans shame

Sans death

Sans pain

Wait a little longer

Rest, dear people, rest

Depression Unfinished

A poem from 2016

I am calm now

I get easily irritated and don't know what to talk to her about

Dwelling on negative thoughts

Insular

I inhabit the world of my own mind

It's easier there

I can control what goes on - not

Will this constant tiredness never stop!

Sadness, gloom, misery, dismay!

I exposed myself

To minus thoughts, to annoyance

The fragile peace shattered

Into splintery pieces which do not shine

I have an innately unpositive view of myself

Nothing's going to change

But I'm more relaxed at the moment

Mood Music

A poem from 2016

Anxiety

A kind of background music

Discordant

Not to my taste

Blending into life

Poisoning everything

Like an earworm

Annoying thoughts pop up

Over and over

Repetition, causing deviation and hesitation

Leading to procrastination

Numb

Inside

Defence

Against

Hurt

Now a new normal

Low mood

Constant companion

Shafts of hope!

Flashes of light!

I see the tunnel has an end!

Momentary brightness!

Momentary lightness!

More serotonin please!