I fell over yesterday. This is my today and for that matter probably my world tomorrow and the next. I'm almost resigned to this perpetual journey as problems with my balance continue without resolution. I don't need alcohol just to look a certain way and down I go. I swore I'd had enough of getting … Continue reading Down I Go
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Small Business Unravelling
Where were you when my heart skipped a beat? I'm in the depths of despair. Did you stir the cauldron? My bitter heart lashes out at an unforgiving community...but not you. Who will send hope yet not ingratiate themselves upon my desperation. I'm boxed in at every turn. My world unravelling. I call out for … Continue reading Small Business Unravelling
A Churchie Ballad
My life was but a battlefield a war within my soul Of building mighty fortresses against a cold world A tough and hard exterior a hardened view of life Of living up to others opinions for my life But deep inside a child peered out amidst the mire A gentle spirit a gentle heart the … Continue reading A Churchie Ballad
Direct Poetic Mindfulness
"Dwell in my heart rusted soldier of my own decay. Let not the bubbling of my bored abandon thrive on your morsel stew." I put two sentences into a direct frame, poetic frame, and a mindfulness frame. It was quite interesting to attempt the different voices. DIRECT I'm bored. Sun's out. Don't feel like doing … Continue reading Direct Poetic Mindfulness
Wisdom of Your Ways
You look the same without your smile kindred spirit. You shine. Heart kind and gentle. Your cherished soul flows true and brightens my horizon with its soft glow. A road long traversed. The broken dreams of yesteryear land softly by your side. Time has soothed the sting of missed opportunities. You have seen the length … Continue reading Wisdom of Your Ways
Tangled
It’s late at night. The weather screaming. Screaming loud in whistled yearning. Demanding to be heard. Tall twisted trees screech as the wind paves a footprint through it’s tangled persona. I see you. I see you lost in this terrain. Your tousled hair run ragged. Holding back the danger as your determined voice shouts out in … Continue reading Tangled
Love Lost Longing
Tousled hair why do you find each tendril dripping down with unkept beauty? You are like a belladonna in a Titian painting yet your beauty emits a troubled voice. For I know why your voice is muffled. A tease of mirthful gaze now taken on so differently as enemies draw swords. Where are you my … Continue reading Love Lost Longing