THE DARK NIGHT

The shrillness searing me, 
waves running over, no sound 
a black velvet over my soul, 
deepening the lust... 

For the want of red, 
fangs holy bared 
a soothing hoot, 
making flesh tingle... 

Spineless stumps, 
comforting rustle 
footsteps unheard, 
screams singing around... 

A stumble, eerie laugh, 
innocent mind, snared by craft 
Cacklin' hats, roving tail, 
golden blood into the pail... 

Fear sustainance, 
a magic charm, 
to survive in this deadland, 
create a black black heart...... 

THE PEPSI CAN

Bubbles rising 

Droplets slowly trickling down 

A thirst quenched 

The straw partly chewed 

Satisfaction 

Pleasing 

Silent joy 




The liquid though is hurt 

A woman crying in pain 

Forced, squeezed 

Put through hell 

For someones selfish gain 

Thirst quenched 

But the straw never whole again 

Satisfaction 

But at what cost?? 

WELCOME

You run away from her vile claws, 
But her hypnotic gaze drags you closer. 
The fresh cheese as a rat slowly gnaws 
boring holes in the soul, enlightening it. 

Screams follow as her teeth sink into you, 
She tastes the fresh blood of innocent minds, 
Cries of glee surround the new birth; 
Into independence, slowly, as the chains further bind.. 

You are now one with them, 
Your mother often berating you, 
As greens she stitches into your shirts hem 
"Use it when the law gets tough".. 

The father you looked up to all your life 
slowly climbs into this craze, 
Inspiring you, his fastiduous son, 
Pushing you deeper into the haze.. 

"Welcome, Welcome!", come the joyous shrieks, 
"You are now our own. 
Forget your past. The honest are weak." 
Welcome to the world.. 

FINGERS

We love you 
We care 
Its for YOUR best 
WE know. 

The fingers a toddler held, 
support, strength, guidance; 
Fingers always show the way, 
"I love these fingers", toddler. 

We love you 
We care 
Its for YOUR best 
WE know. 

The fingers now grow up, 
Still support, strength, guidance; 
Fingers now slowly mould, 
"Fingers are pretty strict", child. 

We love you 
We care 
Its for YOUR best 
WE know. 

The fingers now grown 
Support, strength & guidance?? 
Fingers now only accusations, 
"Fingers only interfere", youth. 

We love you 
We care 
Its for YOUR best 
WE know. 

You love me you say, 
Then why conditions on 'Unconditional Love'? 
You say you care, 
Then why most waters due to you shed?? 
You say its for YOUR best, 
Then why doesn't best ever give joy?? 
Best & Worst both antonyms, 
Yet in the dictionary of my life they mean the same.. 
WE know 
But so does ME 
After all its my life I'm living, 
Or is it?? 

We love you 
We care 
Its for YOUR best 
WE know. 

WALLS

As the saying goes 'If walls could speak' 
What tales would they tell of laughter & shrieks. 
But stoic they stand tall & majestic 
Proud of their silence, their honour still innocent. 
The soul so pure, so true, so good 
Always tells a man what he should 
The body a wall, a barrier so strong, 
No soul today can reach the heart. 
Covered with soot & grime & dust 
the modern soul trembles covered in rust.. 
Walls they both are, walls to protect, 
But one knows its duty, the body just forgets.. 
The helpless soul today a mere spectator 
As walls speak the body talks & jeers 
Buried deep, inside the deepest grave, 
a cry echoes lost to the shambles.. 

WRITER

A madness surrounding the sane, 
questioning sanity. 
A fear beheld in the minds, 
numbing thoughts 
The answer to puzzles lies within 
the puzzle itself. 
clues though lead it all astray, 
confusion reigns. 
Ideas running through within, 
a cacophony. 
The lips spit vile black serpents, 
belying everything. 
The pen mightier than the sword, 
upholds honour. 
The lunatics only knowledge, 
imparting wisdom. 
it's string to my soul tightly bond, 
Liberates me. 

INTO FOREVER

A time together so rare
The earth and sea
A horizon finally touched, seen & felt
Numbnes clouding all pain and joy...
Let us go out then
you and I
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherised on a table
The swallows now homeward bound
lost amidst a new dusk
Chirps of pity a fine music to our ears,
we make merry beneath the boughs....


Away from the happy world
lost in our dreams
You and I dry up every ocea,
Quenching our thirst
Before the tigers can find us here
Eaten by our lust...
Flee, flee to the hinterland
Iron-grip our fear
The night lost out on the magical land
Slipping into the forever
surrender ourselves into the unknown
Eyes closed, smiles frozen atlast.....

BLACK

Brave are the nights under the stars,
guided by those lost lights;
mind an abyss so dark so deep
fear penetrating shallow hearts
love a bond so untrue so fickle
lovers entwined by jealousy
pure of black a hate cherished
untouched, unblemished into eternity...

red of blood, fairy-dust
magic from the hinterland
clay to dust dust to clay
charred is everything inside
essences lost lust newfound
reborn into a brevity.....

MY LOVE

Do you still love me
The way you once did
Do you still feel our love sweeping all away
Your finger to gently
Wipe my tear-drop
Gentle kisses every morning
Breaking my deep fall
A hug for everytime we met
An embrace for every bye
No departings there ever were
Only waits for the next 'Hi!'
The sudden laughing between our fights
Fingers intertwined on every path
Every minute together, every moment
a special place to cherish and revisit
The first morsel of every meal
shared
Water sipped from the same glass
For belief: 'It strengthens love'
The way your fingers touched me
Igniting unquenched fires
Tracing a path across my body
Completing me, making me a woman
The way we teased
Every game we played
Uncaring for everyone else
Just you and me...
Weaving through a web of dreams
of our heaven, our world
Your hand playing with my hair
Tousling, knotting the blue-beard locks
The way you looked at me
as I smiled
Making me never want to stop..
I still dream of all those moments
Waking up with teary eyes
But no fingers to wipe them now
No voice to say "Hush! It's alright"
I still talk to you 
Across those seven seas
I still pray of being together
Dreaming of a future never to be
I miss you so, I need you my love
But I know it never can
For you have her next to you
You have death by your side...


A Dedication...