I had a dream which I clung to My heart refusing to give up Though daily my body weakened Toppling beneath ambition’s weight Like an addict I would pursue The thrilling heights of achievement While eyes would forever look to The place I could find my next fix And so I never pausedContinue reading “Letting go”
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Addiction
You’re choking, fiercely spluttering In depths of darkness, as the weight Of all your failure presses down And alone, you scream in the night The surging fire of your heart Creates a muddled stormy mess Now all your self-control destroyed You sink into mania’s clutch Burning overtakes your senses Leaving them numb, exceptContinue reading “Addiction”
Adieu
Adieu, I hear her whispering A bitter sigh upon her lips Her body’s ache is audible Her pain shimmers before my eyes Her face is blank with resistance Yet I see her grim turmoil as It wreaks havoc – beneath her brow Lurks her mind’s unrelenting ghost I want to touch her, andContinue reading “Adieu”
Premonition
I have the same dream, over and over Where I’m running as though I’m trying to Reach infinity Picking up the pace, across the green fields I’m running as the clock is ticking, and I must reach the sea Then I am there, the water before me A carpet of blue that reaches outContinue reading “Premonition”
The Dawning Night
The sun, she stoops to kiss the sea Reluctant touch, as fatefully Her colour bleeds away from sight Cedes to murky realms of twilight But until then she glows fiercely Defiant of her destiny Rebelling against her night foes Though caught in death’s spasmodic throes Up above an erupting sky Signals to all a warningContinue reading “The Dawning Night”
Prophet
The sweet light that you bring, shining To the depths of my stormy mind Filtering through the tears, it makes The most colourful of rainbows Then in the sanctuary of your calm This peaceful place, love seizes me And holds me tight, while watering Seeds of hope you long ago sowed Are youContinue reading “Prophet”
Only you
Only you can put a final end To the darkness that consumes your mind Only you can take that last step and Leave the wounds of your past far behind Image: Edvard Munch, The Scream
Distraction
You’re most vulnerable Absent distraction Nothing to hide your Bubbling emotion You thought the reverse That with time and space You’d at last find a Break from your mind’s race But there is no calm No stillness and ease When really, deep down The soul is diseased Image: Edvard Munch, The DayContinue reading “Distraction”
Regret
— A standalone extract from my new book, about a mad painter in Renaissance Venice. He sat, up on the terrace, beneath a cloudy night sky that obscured the stars, everything but the moon that had reached the climax of its monthly journey. Even then, he could not make out the contours of that glowingContinue reading “Regret”
Across the void
I call; my voice falls on deaf ears – Words echoing into the void They’re searching for a listener, And the person who’ll chase my fears I beg you, if you hear my cry You’ll give me a signal at last So that I may have my answer; May know the truth before IContinue reading “Across the void”
