Tag Archives: madness

Split Soul Angel

How is it that your words Your music and your poetry Draw from such a source Of deep, beauteous profundity Ethereal, otherworldly soul That captures the listener Entirely, whole And yet your actions in this world Are dark and lost … Continue reading

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Rome Construction Crew Update – Are You Curious?

I’m juggling a couple of projects now, and it may very well mean I am completely barking mad. The work on a YouTube type promo video for The Seed is continuing apace and will eventually be distributed in an email promotional campaign, … Continue reading

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Drunken Revelry

Drunken revelry submerges Discontented, lost regret Lest from a deeper well emerges Images we’d best forget Party bonhomie is cloying Yet it still may have its charm All these strategies deploying Save us from unspoken harm Resting peaceful in a … Continue reading

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Alcatraz

My own personal Alcatraz Ground down Brute mortar and pestle Hanging from walls that seep Of age, pain and time Sunken, craven flesh and brittle bones But it’s all in my mind My mind Entrapped in thoughts of a past … Continue reading

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Complete Abandon – for Prompt 18 – Losing Control

Always the veritable picture of reserve I spent my days waiting for a god to fall from heaven or rise from hell and take me home, though long ago I’d found no path or road would lead me to a … Continue reading

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Programming Breakdown

The programming has broken Normal service Will not resume Anytime soon The stalker has lost his quarry He cannot recall His instructions at all Like a lone wolf He bays at the moon The triggers are wide of their mark … Continue reading

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The Wild

The wild emerges, antlers raised Ancient eyes excoriate the horizon Bellowing echoes across crevices and caverns of funereal thought Hunger stalks its prey Carnivorous dreams etched deep on tattooed, ravaged skin Wearing the mark of Cain as a badge of … Continue reading

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Canvas

Am I your canvas Oh artist! For your greatest work? Pressed by oil on silk Butterfly on a pin The colours changing Constantly, from light to dark Am I the flame That burns within Or just a failing spark? Late … Continue reading

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Yesterday’s Voices

The telephone sits idle in its cradle The silence is so deafening it hurts I’ll forget you tomorrow if I’m able And I’ll pray to god you get your just deserts The days in this most awful week are dragging … Continue reading

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Bad Influence

I was so quiet and secure No passion troubled me Perhaps lived hidden and obscure Just the way that it should be You were wild and unpredictable And yet you looked at me You looked at me I sought not … Continue reading

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