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The Children With No Voice
The Children with No Voice.
We are the hidden children who have no voice.
Unable to the decide or make our own choice.
When we speak or shout, we are never heard.
Plain denial always with all our words.
We are all wards of the national state.
Placed in a so-called appropriate and safe place.
Where we should be nurtured and cared for.
Where we should feel we are pr...
Tuesday 12th November 2024 9:28 pm
God`s Gift to Us.
God’s Gift to Us.
They say the world is God's gift to us.
And foolishly in our hands he trusts.
Can he not see as the world turns round.
We are destroying it and raising it to the ground.
Nature's beauty vanishing.
Dictators increasingly demanding.
Wars increasing.
Humanity decreasing.
Blood freely flowing.
Poverty ever growing.
Egos need for filling.
...
Saturday 26th October 2024 12:07 am
9 am.
My eyes are shut
my brains going wild
That feeling in my gut
Makes me want to be a child
I think back to yesterday
It was the very same
I wish it would go away
In the end I’m all to blame
My heart beats too fast
As the clock turns nine
I’m giving today a pass
But I’ll be out of line
Where’s the fresh start
The one I dream about
Even th...
Tuesday 15th March 2022 8:36 pm
Duality at Play (inner monologue of a childhood sexual abuse survivor
(Waring! Excessive use of expletives)
Hindsight illuminates the plight
Retrospect brings dark to light
Always a little too late
Try as I might
Do I stand up and fight
Or is this a time for flight
I can never seem to tell
Never get it right
Maybe genetically, I am a mix of ostrich and possum
Freeze and play dead
Or, in the ground with my head
...
Monday 14th September 2020 10:50 pm
Karma the Uninspired Bitch
Everyone's asleep
Silently I weep
Misery boiling
Anger steep
What one sows
Isn't that what they're supposed to reap?
Why do I remain good
Continue to be kind
Try ever so hard to preserve my mind
Karma seems to lack purpose
Or simply ignores the concept of time.
Doesn't my pain matter
My life unrecognizable and tattered
Am I that good at pretendi...
Saturday 5th September 2020 6:21 pm
My Mum's Lover
A house,
a staircase
it was an accident
you hit me
with your words
it's my home I say
but you don’t care
you have come in
again
soon you will leave
but not me, her
I find my bedroom
solace and silence
the smallness of me
you have come again
I do not want you
you are not mine, hers
you smother me,
press me into bedsheets
you smell of bull swe...
Saturday 19th January 2019 12:18 pm
Earth's sword
Earth is a curious place. Sunrise evokes awe
in those who watch a day’s waking hour. To survive
that day, or consecutive days, we’re totally
reliant upon our ingenuity and
the society we’ve built. Were it not for our
technology, logistics and planning, many
of us would not be here. Earth’s beauty hides this harsh,
double edged sword. Something so beautiful can be
letha...
Saturday 30th December 2017 9:13 am
A letter to my Demon
For a long time after,
I didn't think I would ever find the words to describe what you took from me or what you did,
It became my biggest shame,
Like every thrust you took added a 20 pound weight that I had to carry around with me after. I kept it hidden from everyone;
I worked so hard to keep it a secret because you made me feel like I deserved it.
I felt like you'd taken my fire,
...Saturday 9th December 2017 11:22 pm
An Introduction, a glance into my soul
I am a ShaakieraS, A mature, respectable and sophisticated woman, with a massive vocabulary and a passion for words, which borders on obsession. Strangely quiet and reserved , an introverted extrovert yet can be surprisingly witty, accommodating and very outgoing depending on the situation and of course the company. Highly intelligent and sharp-minded choosing to express myself largely through the...
Saturday 19th August 2017 9:34 am
Survival
I stand on the edge of a cliff,
High above the water that assaults the rocks below.
I overlook the stormy sea.
Lightning cracks across the sky,
A horrendous sound.
Neptune huffs, he puffs,
He tries to knock me down,
He hopes to cause me to slip on the damp ground.
I hear it coming for me.
Its roar could intimidate a lion.
I see it coming for me,
A blue wave as high...
Saturday 24th September 2016 1:55 am
RAGING EARTH
RAGING EARTH
If we could look at the earth in a few thousand years from now,
we would see a nightmare vision. A planet ravaged by massive ice flows,
poisonous radiation storms and acidic oceans.
A naive mankind has done this. Now man has gone underground, far below
the poison and the cold.
It will be ten thousand years before he ventures forth again. Now he lives in
huge ...
Monday 3rd February 2014 2:17 pm
Hex contains swearing
This genie spell hex you put on me will kill me.
I want to die.
I'm sick of the anxiety and shit you cause me, in my head all the time.
Why did you magically bind me to you?
We belong together? Horse shit!
You belong in the bottom block.
You're nuts and drive me insane.
I must end my life and get away from you. Permanently.
I borrowed my mate's pistol. He's a dealer...
Wednesday 25th December 2013 5:31 pm
Broken Alone
The trees, so hidden well by thickened wood,
While senses hide behind the deep despair,
He, ridiculed by those that can’t but should
And persecuted by those that once did care.
As fingers point and clone the loaded gun;
They choose a victim crying on his knees,
To watch him beg for solitude, in one
And disregard his perennial pleas.
The rights and wrongs of progress bliste...
Monday 22nd April 2013 5:28 pm
Team GUM at Riff Awards/Riff News
Team GUM are taking on the Riff Awards.
Step 1.
Like the Riff page here: https://www.facebook.com/RiffMediaUK
Step 2.
Send an email to: adam-ruane@hotmail.co.uk
Put forward Kris Fogg for BEST NEWCOMER.
Put forward Ushiku Crisafulli for BEST NON MUSICAL ENTERTAINER.
You'll see us both repping Riff at RIFF SURVIVAL SUNDAY - MARCH 31st
Cheers,
Ushiku.
Sunday 17th February 2013 5:24 pm
Gotta Keep On
.
Gotta keep on moving,
keep on travelling...
keep one foot ahead of the other
like a race that has no winner.
Then I shall outrun my tears and leave all my fears
the wind before me, then behind me.
Ridding me of moistness, passed my ears.
Gotta get going, to keep from falling....
keep this foot in front, then the next.
.
Please make you...
Wednesday 9th January 2013 2:27 pm
Convenient Amnesia
Many times 'convenient amnesia' is all we have to survive and live another day.
`
My heart bleeds
both fears and gladness
splattered tears
share pavement
spent poison darts.
My hand quakes
both words and gestures
symphonic songbirds
salve torment
spared iron brand.
My eye shuts
both dark and brightness
smothered landscapes
sparse wildernesses
...
Sunday 10th July 2011 11:55 am
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
Negotiated Leave
`
Be numb to me
get off your knee
cease from demeaning
my esteem for you
with your lucid hate
the hourglass leaks
coloured sand pours
rainbow streaked tears
where the rains bleached
this sunburnt heart
with the acid of your disdain
these wearied hands
no longer reach for yours
your reflection is marred
and the mirror put awa...
Tuesday 28th December 2010 2:55 pm
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