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Innocents' Deadly Foe
Tainted willows tearfully bowing to the devil’s courtier
Held in a clench by the wicked winter
Nothing mattered during this dark and dreadful time
Horror was the emotion of those days
Treacherous men tirelessly murdering the innocent
Death lay silently all around
Life dared not even twitch for fear of meeting death head on.
Friday 1st August 2025 9:05 am
Wonderings
I liked the way he looked at me
Like I was the only thing he could see
or that was worth looking at.
I liked the smile he made for me
A tailored face, specifically
to tell me what he couldn't say.
I liked the things that went unsaid
The message in the nod, the tilt of his head,
the eye contact held too long.
I liked his arms, skin brushing skin
A s...
Friday 18th January 2019 6:05 pm
Purpose
She, born of the forge and cast from the pyre,
The fire of her birth soon vanished to iron,
Cold and lifeless, but still with a purpose
And then, from the worthless womb of coals
She falls.
Her sisters, countless in their tumble
Collide and stumble to the four corners
Of the earth. Rapidly consumed
Exhumed for a thousand years
Or perhaps two…
Here she, in the wood of ...
Wednesday 9th October 2013 3:09 pm
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