I Am Spartacus

A poem from 2018 

I am a rebel

I am a slave

I am a prisoner

I am a killer

I am a fighter

I am a victor

I am free

I have been crucified with Christ

Sunset

A poem from 2018

She entered with a scream

A bright angel without wings

She departed with a soft groan

Her body worn away

Shrunken and shrivelled

Weak and decimated

Yet her soul rejoicing

She left to the sound of a muted trumpet

Flying to the fading light of sunset

Jane

A poem from 1986

oh, Jane

they say that you are plain

but you’re not

it’s driving me insane, Jane

but I can hear the rain

that stains the window

                it’s a strain

when I’m with you, Jane

not to be profane

and curse all those

who are stopping us from being alone

my heart is slain

over you, Jane

I’m going down the drain

again

oh, Jane

let’s take a train

or aeroplane

and go to Spain

my brain

is hurting, Jane

for without you I am like

a train without a track

a front without a back

a white without a black

a tick without a tack

Bond

A poem from 2018

The bad guys

Are bad shots

The flawed hero

Saves the world

The bad guys

With hammer and nails

The lord-hero

Saves the world

Happy Feet

A poem from 2018

Seraphim and cherubim

And all the holy angels

Disco dance on golden streets

Pure joy when a sinner repents

How about us?

Are we happy too?

Does it depend on who the sinner is?

Are we a grumpy older brother

Angry that the sinner got away with his crimes?

Are we indignant that one who is a worse sinner than us is forgiven?

Do we wonder what God is playing at

Forgiving one as bad as that

Doesn’t he know what that one did?

Are we cynical, thinking their faith is just a sham?

Do we insist on hellfire, forgetting that we too were rescued?

Seraphim and cherubim

And all the holy angels

Disco dance on golden streets

The lost sheep Jesus went to seek has come back home

Needles

A poem from 2018

I have a disease

So put me at ease

Before you administer the needle, please

I can't bear to look

The piercing of skin

Sends a shiver through me

I'll try to be brave

Neither rant nor rave

I want you to save

Infected with badness

Inject me with goodness

Infected with darkness

Inject me with light

Infected with Satan

Inject me with Christ

Green Screen

A poem from 2018

This is your life

You can be anything you want to be

You can do anything you want to do

As long as you want it enough

Create your own world

Bring it to life with your words

Speak out your destiny

You're the master of your universe

The captain of your fate

This is a fake life

This is a fantasy

Tell it to a boy living in a slum

Tell it to a girl who can't go to a school

Tell it to a man living on the streets

Tell it to a woman trafficked to a brothel

Their lives are not their own

They cannot be