Poetry

We’d set out as the sun would set, Dusk settling like child’s blanket, Comforting chirp of insect’s mate And frogs who sought their hunger sate. The small town crossed and crossed again With naught an hour passed, and then We’d head back home, assured we’d share Another walk without a care. Those days have passed, those times are gone; Though can’t reclaim, still rise [...]

The bus stop filled for all to see Through dirty glass, light filtering As sun sets over cold city And man looks over busy street. People rush past to board the bus, Yet still he stands in silent hush With phone forgotten in numb hand. The voice falls silent like the land. One slow blink as bus does leave And turn his head with [...]

I have loved and I have lost but I have never lost my name. I have fought the losing fight but it has never been in vain. I have risen from the pyre and I will never be the same. I have seen all that is in you and I’ll never look again, For I have burnt the bridge [...]

I would cower if I could stop, But my pursuer haunts my steps. I would die if I could choose And escape this existence. This never ending struggle, This never ending chase, I'd end it all, I'd give up life If I didn't have to face My fear. It's clutching me inside; what did that wise man say? That all I feared was fear itself? Well [...]

He saw the man, he saw the camp, He heard the threat and death. With twisted lips he walked the heights, Looking with laboured breath ‘Round the valley cloaked in mist And thousand stars bright lit. He held his breath and turned away And down the hill he wept. Past sentry’s post and comrade’s tent He crept in dead of night, And from the pickets [...]