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The Bitter Cup
Thursday 10th April 2025 1:43 pm
Flame-Licked Heels
I’ve been working on
Coming back from
The dead
Realising reality
Living in this world
Becoming me
I don’t have to know who I am
But I must know that I am
I am, I am, I am
I don’t have to know what I am
To deserve to be
I’m working on being,
Just being
Because I’ve been existing
Mindless, automatic, numb
Best autopilot, me
Coming back from the dead
...Monday 6th February 2023 11:45 pm
Trying Times
Getting through the day can be a challenge,
And often is an uphill struggle.
So I sometimes wonder why I go on each day,
And never find the answer to this puzzle.
Too oft life does not go my way
And seems to me to be unfair,
And it is when I hold my hopes up highest
That they crash down into despair.
This world that can be cruel and strange
But I must lead this...
Thursday 22nd August 2019 6:43 pm
Oracle of the Drought
`
fall into pools of swirling merriment
shirk substitutes that others recommend
firm in the knowledge of purest joy
your visage clear in mind, no mental toy
stab with wanton thrusts this warm caress
reveal dream's scorn amid phobic duress
with fiery brand your chariot swift - protect
lunar spheres in shaded ponds - thoughts collect
tinge red this broken tun...
Wednesday 23rd March 2011 8:25 am
The joy of fading memory
`
gnarly fingers
veil his face,
skin thin and crusty
at spots:
splotched parchment
of years in the sun
water
cascades
from his forehead to
his chin
then meets gravity;
raindrops
through his soil-grimed
singlet, jeans and boots;
hours of toil
simmer away
in rivulets
of forgetfulness.
`
Photo by Eric Kaufman, NC
Please...
Friday 18th February 2011 1:30 pm
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