17
Feb
A land of speckled grey
A whisper in the mist
A hand of mottled clay
A shadow upon the grist
A bird at play amongst the skies
A figure in the shade
A child, one that dies
A darkness amidst the glade
All these things had clouded round
The village for to seek
A home, a hearth, a living speak
Yet buried upside down
Caper and dance, laugh and fall
The devil’s daily bread
Now slay them fast, now slay them all
And the leader you must behead
And piss upon his gravestone now
For tomorrow you’ll be drowned
6
Jan
My soul sat forth, ‘pon my hand
and lectured ’bout my goal
It spoke of things far away
things dreamed in far off lands
“Go!”, it said, face all full of fury
“Go and find another one,
for I am done with thee”
And off it went, slipping from my palm
I looked around, but saw no soul
wandering then, I went
I searched high and low yet found no hint
I begged and cried and sought to steal
but never came within my grasp
Till one fine day, I settled down
my face within the grass
Life had passed me by
and I expired there at last
23
Sep
Hope fills a place within my heart
Curse and damn and hate upon
yet hope still springs, an eternal foe
I cannot rest, not this while
I wish for hope to go away
to leave me alone. Let me live
I cry, let me be in peace
Never, comes the call, and always must I heed
Hope is a cruel thing
calling us beyond all measure
Hope wounds the heart, the soul
offering promises of naught
And yet I follow on
from promise unto promise
Sadly caught all the while
knowing what I do
Hope is torture now
a feeling ill resolved
Offering what it cannot give
Playing with my soul
Yet one foot forward and one foot more
After hope I stride
It calls to me and here I go
Forever the blushing bride
9
May
A glow sank down in the northern sky
framed in light, pure and dry
A silhouette of ancient form
standing there, before the dawn
It called and beckoned and made me know
That to the peak I must go
And so I strode far past my door
hunting now, for evermore
I looked and dug and searched a while
And with long years, I did compile
A guide, a map, a way out to there
That place beyond lost in the glare
I strove and struggled and tried my best
But when I lay unto my rest
I still reached for my ending goal
And down I sank, not quite whole
6
May
There is only one thing in sight for me
and with each step
it goes further back into eternity
A single lost moment
all wrapped up in chance
It was a bright blue day
All sunny and warm
And yet within each shining light
lurked a great harm
For there was little in what was said
to show compassion or remorse
All that we have now
We have taken from them instead
They have killed my only daughter
a little girl of but eight or nine
I went to bring them to the slaughter
But what I found instead was mine
18
Apr
I danced and spun among the midnight wave
A thoughtful soul amid my nave
I saw and heard the dancing night
swirling it around me in my delight
It cloaked and covered and comforted my soul
and whispered that it was time to go
And so I danced and sang on down the shore
searching and hunting for my door
It opened wide and opened bright
and took me safe out from the night
and here I wake within my bed
the dream of joy lost instead
14
Feb
Let fly thy sacred arrow
Pierce me through the heart
but if you curse me such
I beg you now, curse another
that we may live forever vexed
9
Feb
I live within many things
but shrink from all but one
I live within one lone land
My mind encompasses the sun
I am a tale of many parts
I play but one of them
I see within an endless void
A thing that I become
I float along an endless wave
A knowledge that succumbs
To love and woe and pain and fright
All protection from the night
For hidden in my dreams I go
A home where few can follow
For hidden within my mind I see
A refuge from eternity
18
Dec
He looked and spied with a reptilian eye
A frightening glance that passed me by
I shivered and hid lest he spot me again
For at that age I was tender, and all but ten
I curled and I waited and looked all about
Hiding within my stony redoubt
A small curly head, popping to see
What the world held in store, for one just like me
One small little creature, shaking and cold
Lost in a world, where life favours the bold
I was again, all on my own
I had wandered far afield
And strayed from my home
My feet, this path did it yield
And yet led me astray
For what was my foe today
But a great shiny dragon, eyes glittering and tall
Soulless deep dishes, into which I could fall
It was in his eye, a great glowing glass plate
That I beheld death, and cried at my fate
Down from on high, he swooped at my den
I was nothing to him, just a fat hen
I prayed and wished to be taken away
A land of hope and joy, a land far beyond
For then I awoke, asleep at the lake
My toes dipping in, a morsel to taste
For a large fish of grey, hungry and vast
Laid waste to the claim that I was all lost
Lifting a bucket, I returned to my task
A barrel of water, a single great cask
It was to be filled, water pure and clear
But I had lain, asleep on my ear
Duties all gone, in a dream of good cheer
12
Dec
There was a silent house on a windswept isle
Hidden and tucked in a stone defile
Twisted and shaken with the coming of the winds
It rattled and shook, lost among the fens
It was a lonely spot, all hidden in the moss
and a stone’s throw away, a simple toss
there lay a little marker, painted and proud
and on top lay a simple little shroud
It fluttered and gusted and swayed in the breeze
a tiny little emblem, facing out into the seas
of a delicate and fragile life held here
one that is gone now, passed on within the year