Rules

Will you dare to break the rules, Defy what’s taught as right? Will you risk what you have won, For this new dream in sight?   Will you overcome convention, And go against the norm? Will you redefine the purpose, For which you came to be born?   Will you run up to the edge,ContinueContinue reading “Rules”

Freedom

Captured, by her eyes of steel It would be wrong to call them cold They’re only hardened against a world Which punishes those who feel   Her passion, dark as night Hidden beneath false layers A guarded guise, heart opening Only to those with a certain sight   Ruptured, your soul is caught Splintering beneathContinueContinue reading “Freedom”

Irrationality

One word, one whisper A feeling sparked A burning hiss Bitter anger, breaking fear Harsh intruder takes over   Ripples spread, waves rise Flooding fast As an incoming tide Painful regret, ghostly echo Lonely call of your demise   Heart trapped, foreign angst Gentle but firm As seduction’s trance Uncanny delight, enchanting pain Rational mindContinueContinue reading “Irrationality”

Stranger

Stranger, you taught me That some people care No condition Or strings attached   You gave me hope Newly discovered I could be myself Without fear   Stranger, you showed me Some people do dare To look gently Beneath the mask   You gave me faith Absent awhile That from this facade I could peer  ContinueContinue reading “Stranger”

Anxiety

In this anxious place This hopeless space The mind spirals away Trapped in thought   Bars caging her heart She’s unable to start Inner voices pursuing Until she’s caught   The shadows whirl Too strong for a girl To resist the touch Of her mocking plight   And in silence she sits Her eyes desperateContinueContinue reading “Anxiety”

The Dancer

As dew drops sparkle On grass so green And sunlight filters Through youthful trees   You’ll spot her whirling An ethereal mist Her presence splintered into A thousand golden rays   Music is playing But it’s not to be heard A silent song rising From slender lithe limbs   And her heart lies open ExposedContinueContinue reading “The Dancer”

The Poet

Words, rippling forth, from unknown edges of the innermost, mysterious mind.   Rushing onward, as they grow in strength, they whisper and sigh, tantalisingly.   Murmuring, they seek attention like a lover’s demand, gentle yet compelling.   And stronger still, they take shape, take a beautiful form in this tangible world.   Words, holding herContinueContinue reading “The Poet”

Capturing Perfection, Chapter 4

The fourth and final instalment of the short story. * * * Never have I worked so hard on a painting. Never. This had to be perfect because Lorenzo was perfect, and to picture him anything but was a travesty and a sin.   I ordered new brushes, tiny ones made from a few threads ofContinueContinue reading “Capturing Perfection, Chapter 4”