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3 January 2022 by
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Thinking Out Loud
Solitary Language is fluidIt grows and warps with timeCommon usage creates new rules Sick became greatBad became goodGr8 became the norm Reality is also fluidYou do not see the world around you as it is!You see the world around you as you are… Life is short, is how the saying goesBut life can seem very […]
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21 November 2021 by
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Thinking Out Loud
In – visible In the heart of a furnace There is unbearable heat In the heart of space There is unbearable cold In the heart of a sunrise There is unbearable brightness In the heart of a shadow There is unbearable darkness In the heart of the truly lonely There is unbearable sadness Yet this […]
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1 November 2021 by
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Thinking Out Loud
The Spaces In-between When you were here Life was easy When you smiled and I reflected your care Life was easy When things were all coming together as planned Life was easy When I thought I knew what lay ahead? Life was easy When my world was in harmony Life was easy In the middle […]
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23 October 2021 by
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Thinking Out Loud
The Walk We toddle when we’re toddlersWe shuffle when we’re oldWe strut it when we’re modellersWe stride when we’re being bald We tiptoe when we’re sneakingWe stomp when we’re madWe run when we’re leakingWe swagger when we’re bad We trudge when we’re tiredWe amble when we’ve timeWe prowl when we’re wiredWe hike in order to […]
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12 October 2021 by
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Empty Echoes of tomorrow reverberate through meCascading down my spine and impairing movement I am lost Voices call to me for help and yet I am aloneTearing through my heart and hurting me deeply I am silent What was, and what is, collide in an emotional tempestThe storm clouds obscure my ability to see clearly […]
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20 September 2021 by
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Seven Seven livesSeven loversSeven bridesSeven brothers Seven daysSeven dreamsSeven waysSeven means Seven heartsSeven homesSeven startsSeven roams Seven nightsSeven morningsSeven rightsSeven dawning’s Seven keysseven locksSeven kneesSeven knocks Seven doorsSeven chancesSeven floorsSeven dances Seven brightseven strongSeven flightsSeven songs Seven evenSeven oddsSeven seamenSeven Gods Seven startsSeven endsSeven cartsSeven bends Seven queriesSeven cluesSeven seriesSeven choose Seven sistersSeven sonsSeven blistersSeven […]
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10 September 2021 by
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The Walls Are Down Facets of cut stone charged by the lightI am blinded by your luminescence The tonal qualities of your voice come to me in colourI am humbled by your contrast The harmonies of shade and hue are strikingly subtleI am rewarded by the essence of your rapport The aroma of home that […]
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19 August 2021 by
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Tide I am alone, and yet this place is crowdedI am invisible and yet seen by allI am so full, and yet I feel emptyI know where I am, and yet I feel lost I feel separate from those around meI feel voiceless yet able to shoutI ask all if they’re ok, but no one […]
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3 August 2021 by
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Not Knowing Certainty… We need it We seek it out We create it from what happens It solidifies with what is said We trust our experience I believed I knew who you were Out of nowhere, you proved me wrong! You faded away under the pressure of work I equally faded as you requested in […]
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27 July 2021 by
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Thinking Out Loud
It’s Time Heartfelt hopes dashed on the altar of dreamsSignificant wishes shattered on the shoreline of realitySpecific goals destroyed in the furnace of truthLife’s dreams annihilated in the whirlwinds of time Recalibration looks like procrastinationThe well of despair that surrounds a lack of achievementJoy becomes just a word rather than an experienceSelf-worth transcends into history […]
