Clouds of pain

Featured Image - Potateo Tomateo Inspired As the rain falls And the waters drip The showers haul As the clouds dip When moments stall And Seasons flip In a cozy crib A weary mind slips Loses its grip Flooded with uncertainly Drowned in anxiety Hoping again and again That as it pours and rains My …

Stranger

...In an endless search of myself Featured image - Potateo Tomateo I'm a stranger...I have become a strangerTo my own people, I have become a wandererIn my own home, I'm a guest My presence is abhorredMy absence is glorifiedThe silence, the cold...The pretense and stories untoldThe suspense as my dreams unfold The scorn as I …

Spark

Circa 2016 Featured image by Jonathan Okoronko All around, it’s dark Everyone’s looking for a spark So we look side and side Wondering where such a spark would reside The struggle with our minds The struggle with our thoughts Those with our goals... And our hearts. It isn’t a journey we just began Nor are …

Head Space

For the silent screams... Space, blank, bland Structured up and Set in a wasteland Away from man, secluded... Undiscovered I mean who would want to? Roads and paths bushy, Reedy pools and marshy, Riddled with thorns and dirty, Thistles and crappy, Would you risk getting scratched?   Begging to be seen, to be groomed, To …

Rewind

Rewind... Again and again... Inspired...  On the quiet days... And Silent nights... When I'm by myself And only have me for company... I find myself searching... Searching for something to read. I stumble on something Something all so familiar... Thoughts I had Imaginations I conceived Words that made my heart heavy Ideas that made my …

When all is new – 2

Field service diaries... I saw his eyes light up Then a squint followed Crow feet were drawn on both sides of his eyes The frontalis muscle contracted With the loose overlying skin folded over and over Gradually, his lips spread wide Showing the slightly discoloured teeth The most genuine expression of happiness I’ve seen... In …

Lit to glow – 2

There's a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen Inspired... Twilight, night, dawn, day, dusk... Dark, light, gloom, glow, ray Beams of light shine through my window What’s here? Let’s say... a new day Hearts, pound, thump, throb Minds, race, pace, stopped in place Hands, quake, shake, hold on! Anxious... …

Bridle

Didn't know where this was headed when I started it. My heart seemed to carry it along till the final words were written... all the same, I hope you enjoy it.  When the words you say return to haunt you When the thoughts you didn’t keep in wouldn’t let go of you A little more …

Lit To Glow

Inspired...  Featured image by Betty... . She was flawed A thousand listed imperfections she possessed She was human, struggling to stay up Broken hearted by her supposed inactions But when I looked at her She was only imperfectly perfect She thought herself ugly Scarred and marred by the past Wrong steps, frail deeds, misguided actions …