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Beautiful and Cursed
It was no longer the body I saw
It was the emptiness of its lines
the silence that stretched like an endless night
a night in which beauty is lost
what is cursed
as if beauty were a lie
and the curse, perhaps, a form of love
I saw their gaze, the beautiful and the cursed
not with my eyes, but with absence
Because who feels sees through what’s unsaid
through what dissolves in the words ...
Saturday 18th January 2025 4:30 am
Raw eggs
I tried beautiful,
I tried pristine,
I was no good at it
I’m not neat within
I’m not “clean”
Even externally, I cannot master
Clearing every bit of clutter
I’m raw, like an egg
It’s not pretty to have a cracked head
But if I don’t
I’m practically dead
As inanimate and detached as my wooden bed
To be raw is
Painful,
Ugly,
Messy,
But it’s rich with fee...
Friday 8th September 2023 5:25 pm
Practical Woman
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“To do or not to do”, her daily instructionÂ
I should always obey, to avoid reactionÂ
She believes I'll remain in a weak constructionÂ
Wants to be retained in her falling sectionÂ
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Eyes, ears and tongue, three sources to actÂ
Depending on brain, to judge it in the heartÂ
She is herself leader, no love in her chartÂ
“Practical in reality”, She said. This is a factÂ
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Ut...
Saturday 2nd February 2019 2:29 pm
Walkabout
You would think that I would have a handle on this Based as I am in no space, with no story but the road But those who let loose in raves surrounded for miles By pavements, they think that they can achieve That state, there, in Clubs in the basements of high-rises. Maybe they know more about this than the lion in the zoo. These faces come and go, family is far flung across The...
Wednesday 2nd May 2018 9:33 pm
Wild fire
Captivity is a cruel mistress for a wild heart
To tame the beast destroys herÂ
Let her be fierce and teach you her knowledge of natureÂ
Let the freedom of her naked soul wash over youÂ
Dance with her by the moonlight and bask in her unbridled joy
For no one can own this beautiful creature
So savor the moments she sharesÂ
Enjoy the lessons of this licentious being and always sa...
Thursday 8th March 2018 7:17 pm
First, divide...
Weeds snake through the cracks
cramped stilled leaves beside
clot a crusted creek.
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The silt turns past a corner
reflected in a straining noon.
Branches overhanging wilt
as in idle hours the flock come
scrutinise the work made waste,
and retrieve far flung
logs and stones, whittled fare
for time now dried.
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And the passenger that crushed
dried leaf in ha...
Monday 21st September 2015 11:20 pm
Wild Wolves
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Wild Wolves,
I heard you howl
at the moon.
I believe it was
sometimes in June.
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Wild Wolves,
You sounded lonely
You sounded sad.
Was I scared?
No I was mad.
Why?
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Wild Wolves,
You are being
hunted, exterminated.
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Wild Wolves,
why are you
so very hated?
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This...
Tuesday 4th March 2014 7:10 pm
In the Wild
In the wild, the bonsai is an amazing sight and a moving lesson from nature. It depicts the wonder of a resilient soul.
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A fond gaze
rests upon hope
A testament
of pliant supplication
stunted and weathered
each scar a witness
to fate's coarseness
its scourge did not prevail
A bent torso
flowing in the breeze
over sheer drops and crags
the dour migh...
Thursday 21st April 2011 12:07 pm

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