Good News!

A 2020 poem

Good news! There is no God.

Good news! There is no hope.

Good news! Your life has no purpose.

Good news! There is neither good nor evil.

Good news! The universe is indifferent to you.

Good news! Hide that knife.

Good news! Call the Samaritans.

Good news! You don’t matter.

Good news! Okay, just go ahead and kill yourself.

Good news! No one cares.

False Prophet

A 2020 poem

Let him be happy for a while

Fill his ears with lies, and smile

Calamity is creeping to his street

Marauding in the darkness

Claws extended, ready to take a swipe

Tell him he is safe

Clap your hands, tell jokes, distract

Play a little game, pocket the cash

Speak a vain imagining or three

Keep that silly talk away from me

Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay

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Cold

A 2020 poem

It’s freezing

Your heart

I would feel sorry for you

But my heart is the same

Image by stux on Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/heart-snow-frost-car-washer-winter-3825101/

Exaltation

A 2020 poem

Not left behind

Flown

Eyes twinkled

Flash

Home at last

Free

Image by Geralt

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/banner-header-light-flash-949943/

Muffled Sounds

A 2020 poem

I am not a prophet

There is a stillness 

Betrayed by voices, indistinct

The voice of God?

The voice of the dead?

The voice of neighbours, slightly raised?

A trumpet is sounding

We hear the noise

Oblivious to the call

A summons to war?

A call to prayer?

The neighbours playing Louis Armstrong?

Whisper whisper whisper

Driving us insane

I don’t know what to do 

I don’t know what to do!

We put on our headphones

A procrastination

Image by Luisella Planeta Leoni from Pixabay

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Beyond The Walls

A 2020 poem

I tried

I really tried

I tried SO HARD!

But I just couldn’t do it!

The box in front of me

No longer a box but a thin rectangle

It takes up half the room

This idol just sits there

Longing to be worshipped

Feeding my eyes and brain

I stare transfixed

Not daring to turn it off

I don’t want to miss a thing

I’m happy to hear the same old thing

The same old fear

Minute by minute

This is my world

The scariest place

The righteous and the unrighteous

I have forgotten what it looks like beyond the walls

I see few people

Mostly talking heads telling me what to do

Reading out numbers of the fallen

Wash your hands, you sinners!

You could be a killer

A numb mind

A dead imagination

A chronic loneliness

I can think of nothing else

There is no world

There is no imagination

You have taken this away from me

Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/tv-man-watching-room-office-3774381/

Butterball

A 2020 poem

I’m voting for Christmas

A sinner defiant

Shaking a fist at Heaven

Condemning a God I don’t believe in

It’s easier than thinking things through for myself

I’m giving thanks

For a harvest I didn’t reap

I sit in a cosy office

While the backbreaking work is done by foreigners

They’re coming and taking our jobs!

I’m plump and juicy

A morsel delightfully reared

A snack for Satan

All golden and tanned by the fires of Hell

I take no prisoners - I am the prisoner

Image by Karen/Lyn Nobull from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/steel-wool-spinning-fire-steel-818535/

Wafer Thin

A 2020 poem

The tiniest of tiny things

Havoc and destruction

Alive and dead, a zombie call

Wafer thin, the chances of non-survival

Evolution, adieu!

Humanity precious

Two legs good

No legs bad

The tiniest of tiny sins

Havoc and destruction

Dead, so dead, a zombie call

Wafer thin, overestimated survival chance

Devolution, adieu!

Humanity precious

Two planks good

No Christ bad

Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/virus-microscope-infection-illness-1812092/

Hit Me

A 2020 poem

Because I can take it

Because I’m an easy target

Because your questions are getting ever dumber

Because you set a trap to show how clever you are

Because you have to earn a crust

Because we’re all in this together

Because you have a reputation to keep up

Because you like the sound of your own voice

Because Because Because

You you you

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A Little Bit Less

A 2020 poem

If you can’t bothered to read long poems

Read mine

They may not always be dead poetic

But I usually give you

A little bit less

Image by 2649771 from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/young-man-blue-sky-thumbs-up-2939344/

Fought The Law

A 2020 poem

He’s a law unto himself

I fought the law

The rest is history

Now I know the score

Ain't trying THAT again in a hurry!

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https://unsplash.com/photos/jGEsapFCLgw

In Dark Days

A 2020 poem

In dark days

Where hope cannot be found

Does anyone have a word from the Lord?

Anyone? Even one?

In dark days

Hope is found in Christ

He is still the light of the world

Crush me. Redeem me.

Image by Devanath from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/jesus-altar-light-faith-holy-1129928/

Acid Love

A 2020 poem

Let me kiss the rain

Drink it’s acid love

Till we meet again

I’m flirting with the Sun

Image by Enrique Meseguer from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/woman-female-model-beauty-young-2138534/

Feral

A 2020 poem

Territorial beatings, stake your claim

A knife, a gun, or an old fashioned knee in the groin

And punch in the stomach

A kick in the head and left to stew

Blood drips into the gutter while you sleep

You’re going to regret this in the morning

Nocturnal creatures licking your wounds

Stinky vomit a pillow

Were you conned into a life of crime

Or are you just bad to the bone

Nature? Nurture? A bit of both?

Or something else beginning with N?

Someone standing over you and laughing

A street full of derision, tension

The night time economy a flashing mystery

Neon gods whispering, haven’t you got a home to go to?

Image by Thomas Rüdesheim from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/self-defense-weapon-pistol-risk-4327171/

Planet of the Apes

A 2020 poem

Hey, hey, we’re the Monkeys

Planet Primates

Kings of the Jungle

White Chimpanzees

Black Gorillas

Red Orangutans

Evolution’s a bitch

Unhappy animal

Soulless man

Moral anaesthesia

Denial crisis

Existential excuse

Empty society

Governmental sinners

Science absolution

Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/composing-monkey-woman-laugh-sepia-2925179/

Flying Fish

A 2020 poem

Like an exocet missile he tears open the sky

Hovering low, undetected and undetectable

Your defences are down

It’s been a long time coming

Slowly chipping away at love

Your lifeboat had better be working

Here a complaint

There a grumble

Here a slammed door

There a shout 

Here a night out with the boys

There a neglected kiss

Cold fish

Smelly fish

Flirty fish

Flying fish

Don’t be angry

Be love

This missile

Dismissal

Blind the radar

Save yourselves

Eric Ward

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