Kitabı oku: «From Anxiety To Poetry», sayfa 2
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“«What’s my purpose?» The boy asked the breeze…”
«What’s my purpose?» The boy asked the breeze
«Go to the woods and amongst the trees
Seek the Blue Fairy for She will know
The meaning of life and your path to follow.»
The Wind replied in the boy’s anxious mind
And steered him gently so that he could find
The bluest fairy in the deepest dark woods
And show him the road from child to manhood.
2nd June 2022
“He dreamt of brightness…”
He dreamt of brightness
But at sunrise
He found only darkness
And tormented skies.
He dreamt of beauty
But in the day
He found only ugliness
And relentless decay.
He dreamt of laughter
But at sunset
He found only sadness
And endless regret.
5th June 2022
“Summer’s here…”
Summer’s here
The forecast lied
For when I go out
It’s raining outside.
Summer’s here
The radio said
But when I go out
It rains on my head.
Summer’s here
The songbirds sing
And so I go out
But it’s still raining.
Summer’s here
But the rain’s incessant
So I’ll write poetry
For my antidepressant.
5th June 2022
“Stray not near the lake…”
Stray not near the lake
For its dark depths conceal
A ravenous mermaid
In search of a meal.
Stray not near the lake
With thoughts of your hunger
Else the ravenous mermaid
Shall drag you down under.
7th June 2022
“The boy asked the tree…”
The boy asked the tree
Marking the crossroad
«Which way to follow?
Which path am I showed?»
The tree said wisely
For it already knew
«Go which way wherever
The Wind shall take you.»
7th June 2022
“I always seem to get it wrong…”
I always seem to get it wrong
Knowing which way I should step
When faced with oncoming people
Move to my right or to their left?
My choice is always incorrect
And we mirror each other’s stance
It could be so much jollier
If we would link our arms and dance.
8th June 2022
“She asks me how my day was…”
She asks me how my day was
And when I start to say
She’s immediately distracted
And continues on her way.
She asks me for my opinion
About the news, a place, a song
And when I tell her what I think
She responds with that I’m wrong.
So don’t be surprised if I’m quiet
And do not think me unkind
I’ve a feeling you won’t be interested
In what’s going on in my mind.
8th June 2022
“Life’s an absurd circus…”
Life’s an absurd circus
When searching for a purpose
Or some deity high above
When what we need is only love.
9th June 2022
“Feelings so sorrowful linger and last…”
Feelings so sorrowful linger and last
For those forever far across the sea
Feelings of regret for decisions past
For love surrendered so permanently.
10th June 2022
“Some people are so very loud…”
Some people are so very loud
They take up all the sound
Everyone else made quieter
Their silent voices choked and drowned.
12th June 2022
“Like lovers from a bygone time…”
Like lovers from a bygone time
The water and willow still entwine
The old tree stretched to reach his love
Thence embraced by her anointing glove.
12th June 2022
“Along man’s time-worn castle wall…”
Along man’s time-worn castle wall
Sway dandelions in their ebb and flow
But which of these will be first to fall?
Not nature’s craft – that much I know.
13th June 2022
“At the water’s edge you’ll always find me…”
At the water’s edge you’ll always find me
On a secluded riverbank or by the open sea
Lost in thought yet found peace of mind
No past, no future, and all worries left behind.
15th June 2022
“I wonder if I am invisible?..”
I wonder if I am invisible?
It sometimes seems it’s that way
My letters don’t get a reply
My voice gets lost in life’s lay-by
Does no-one hear what I say?
I wonder if I am invisible?
It sometimes seems it’s that way
My politeness is ignored
My manners make you visibly bored
Does no-one see me today?
15th June 2022
“Sleep!..”
Sleep!
I’m so very tired of you
Because you never stay for long
And if only I knew
The I trials I must do
To right this wearisome wrong.
15th June 2022
“The moment of waking where…”
The moment of waking where
Dreams are ousted by reality
And senses abruptly register
That somebody is observing me.
The witching hour opaque and still
Paralysed by my own fright
Eyes straining in the dark reveal
A figure cloaked in pale moonlight.
Her face so sad, a young girl’s stare
Pierces my heart and far beyond
A ghost of whom she’s unaware
To her am I, and then she’s gone.
16th June 2022
“She has two hands…”
She has two hands
But cannot hold
She likes to tell
But can’t be told.
She measures something
We often lack
She goes only forwards
And She never looks back.
17th June 2022
“The ebb and flow of each gentle wave…”
The ebb and flow of each gentle wave
As they stroke and caress the smooth sand
The rhythm and pulse of sweet hiss and soft crackle
When silvery water kisses golden land.
18th June 2022
“Should life for me some purpose hold…”
Should life for me some purpose hold
Pray enlighten what it could be
I wish I wasn’t becoming so old
Yet my purpose remaining a mystery.
18th June 2022
“«And how was your day?»…”
«And how was your day?»
The small dog was asked
«Busy, I would say.»
As he recounted his past.
«A few hours at home with no company save
An old radio and my best intent to behave,
Well I should probably start
By explaining the mess
And though it wasn’t my fault
I should probably confess,
How the bin emptied itself I just wouldn’t know,
So I left you a present to soften the blow.»
19th June 2022
“The trees gently shook their delicate leaves…”
The trees gently shook their delicate leaves
To announce the sudden arrival of the Wind
And along the avenue She softly breezed
Until She found and enveloped him.
«Why come now?» He asked Her afraid
«I can do this myself. I don’t need you.»
«My Love,» she sighed, «Such a mess you’ve made,
Of your life. But together we will start it anew.»
19th June 2022
“Caught betwixt the Devil and the deep blue sea…”
Caught betwixt the Devil and the deep blue sea
What manner of ailments strive to suppress me?
Should the tiniest of morsels pass through my lips
My stomach cries pain as if becoming bewitched.
And if no consumption of food I shall make
I will suffer the torture of the Devil’s headache.
20th June 2022
“Are those your footsteps that I can hear?..”
Are those your footsteps that I can hear?
Each night I lay my head to sleep
Are you the Death I do not fear?
In search of my spent soul to keep.
20th June 2022
“During the night…”
During the night
She had become the Storm
Her beauty veiled
By Her malevolent form.
And filled with such rage
She would harness the weather
And smash the skies, the sea, and the earth
All together.
20th June 2022
“I wondered how many different souls…”
I wondered how many different souls
Had lived before me between these walls
And had once been loved or had cried out in pain
And then faded away to be seen never again.
22nd June 2022
“The Wind lifted the iron-grey sea…”
The Wind lifted the iron-grey sea
To hurl against the shore
And She assaulted the weary land
Like She had never done before.
It is true that Hell hath no fury
Like a woman when once scorned
And the Wind, She raged all through the night
Til the breaking of the wounded dawn.
22nd June 2022
“Sitting on a bench…”
Sitting on a bench
Trying to think about my stuff
Though my tired mind says
Its really had enough.
Oh, sod trying to always
Think everything right through!
Just this once I’ll relax
And take in a pleasant view.
23rd June 2022
“Welcome, come in and sit with me my friend…”
Welcome, come in and sit with me my friend
I wasn’t expecting to see you just yet
It’s been a while, and we’re together again
Though I secretly wish that we never had met.
25th June 2022
“Equilibrium on this day…”
Equilibrium on this day
Is observing the bluest sky
Through a swaying leaf canopy
And pondering just how high
God might be
And do They observe me?
26th June 2022
“Charlotte looks out from her world through her tears…”
Charlotte looks out from her world through her tears
And through the slim gap she has made between nets
She hasn’t recognised the outside for so many years
For her heart still remembers losses past and regrets.
Should a neighbour pass by and steal a sorrowful glance
Into her sanctuary Charlotte retreats with her shame
Yet the stranger only hopes she might take that slim chance
To escape from her prison and step outside once again.
26th June 2022
“The black water shatters…”
The black water shatters
Into sparkling splinters
When the swan pair arrive
In the waning of Winter.
The Ice King and Snow Queen
Imperial husband, majestic wife
Purest elegance, and loyalty
Paired eternally in immortal life.
28th June 2022
“Worrying you’ve not locked the front door…”
Worrying you’ve not locked the front door
Though you know you checked it thrice and again.
Believing that you’re an irrelevant bore
When your messages are never read by a friend.
Panicking when you finally make it outside
Because you’re sure you’ll be met with derision
Catastrophising that even going for a drive
Will inevitably end in catastrophic collision.
28th June 2022
“So tired of the endless madness…”
So tired of the endless madness
Tearing my soul apart
So tired of the eternal sadness
Crushing my grieving heart.
28th June 2022
“And just like that old age abruptly arrived…”
And just like that old age abruptly arrived
Youth vanished like the vision of a ghost
What once came effortlessly is now denied
What once was wasted is now yearned for most.
28th June 2022
“I know you are near…”
I know you are near
Close to my side
Standing with me
Caressing my hair.
You cannot speak
My silent guide
But I know you hear
My silent prayer.
29th June 2022
“The weary Moon looked down…”
The weary Moon looked down
To see an unhappy sight
The sad and lonely frown
A boy fearful of the night.
His deeply worrying sorrow
Bothered the Moon’s uneasy mind
So, he made a promise to follow
And left his own troubles behind.
A weary boy looked out
To see an enchanting sight
Of the majestic silvery crown
The Moon vanquishing the night.
His deeply comforting wonder
Soothed the boy’s uneasy mind
So, he soon fell fast a’slumber
And left his own troubles behind.
30th June 2022
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