(2014)
Written almost a year after the poem before it.
In a glen there stood an oak. A towering oak,
So, you don’t drink? or smoke? So, you are better than them? You let them use you, and you take the fall for them,
A simple question. A complex answer. Three letters which encapsulate everything we do.
Some say Hell is fire and brimstone. Some say Ice and darkness. Endless suffering, Eternal damnation.
You Were the sunlight. You brought me
I wander the desert an empty jug my only possession. My water has long run dry, my lips now used to
That elusive mindset, where it all falls into place. But where do I lie? Am I lacking? Lying on the borderline?
When others see me, What do they really see? Is it what they want to see? Or is it me? Do they see misconceptions
The oak had a song sung from its branches. A melody
How can I ever Prove to you? For a chance that was never leaped. A divide
Give. Everything. All that I own, All that I have owned, and All that I will own. My love, past, and future
Death is peace, death is silence, death is final. There can be no further pain. But there can be no further hope.
Why is it that we say an act of cruelty is “inhumane”? When did that word...
People assume it is about the catch, the prize. And, for some it is. But for me, it is so much
The one I Love most. My outlet of reason, The voice through the phone. A mirror of sorts.