Donations are essential to keep Write Out Loud going    

Paying The Price

 

I have no future

so I look back.

Dwelling in the present

drowning in the past.


I second guess

over what, at first,

I acted upon.

I shut the gate

lament the spilled milk.


I left

I did not look back.

Only to do so now.

No future do I see there.

exactly the same

as I did then.


I can only look behind

where I existed.

...

Read and leave comments (0)

Temporum Vitae

So it’s Spring 
and we’re running through the park 
smiling and laughing 
noticing every little thing 
like the gleam of morning dew 
or the blush of your cheeks 
on a warm afternoon. 

Summer now 
and there’s so much more to do 
so much more life 
but so much less…new. 
Still, the sun shines, so we make hay 
we dwell in our company 
and wish these summer days 
wer...

Read and leave comments (0)

Adrift

Cast adrift by mutinous thoughts,
he is treated like jetsam.
He is flotsam, forgotten in the wake.
Thrown away; a claim without a stake.
 
A sea of darkness;
a briny torture chamber,
crashing at his shattered mind,
as salt fills his mouth,
from eyes above,
from turbulent flow
below.
 
No life jacket here,
no buoy to cling to,
he floats...

Read and leave comments (1)

Vegas Vagrant

Roll up! Roll up!
For a trip to the US!
A fabulous journey
from the East to the West!
 
A baker's dozen of strangers
and a gaudy painted van!
A cavalcade of camp sites
for this intrepid tourist clan!
 
The trip of a lifetime,
or so they say!
Until the journey's nearly over
and we end up out Vegas way!
 
Then after two nights
among ...

Read and leave comments (0)

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Find out more Hide this message