I will keep All our secrets But not dwell on them Too often Enough Like sips To moisten the lips But there is a beast Which knows no restraint And there are people Monsters who would find Meat and marrow In releasing him So, curation Falls to a tender, attentive Librarian Filed under silence
Tag: stoicism
Other Rooms, Other Times
Some things Are taken to other rooms At other times Like tea ceremonies Relief like peeling the skin Of an orange with your thumbs An anguished strain Taken to other rooms Because no one sees tears And thinks better of them Outside, everyone Pukes up their slightest feelings Invites you to look At the intestinal … Continue reading Other Rooms, Other Times
Two Pages (19/09/16)
I have started to hit a big point in the second act now, which necessitated some research and some of that was upsetting to me, a thing that happens in other parts of the world that I cannot find a single justification for. We all have those practices or beliefs that we look at and … Continue reading Two Pages (19/09/16)
Animal Vs Angel
When the black eyed angel folds it's wings Around me, I would tear them, Root and stem Unmanned, and in my divine rage Dash it's ugly skull into the concrete It is not an action fuelled by violence In the palace of my skull Wanders an animal And it knows not love nor hate But … Continue reading Animal Vs Angel
Raise your shield high
Silence has a weight Texture A rock worn smooth By time A delicacy as raw silk Sliding over my rough, dark hands Inside, The screams - outrage, pain disguised As signals of virtue I stand askance My path takes me through These places Once walled gardens of enthused discourse Now the flowers drip blood I … Continue reading Raise your shield high
Born In A Storm
Sometimes it feels like The brief respites Are placed in sadistic proximity To the slow, grinding horrors The minor key disasters Like you were born in a storm That has never ended So long that you cannot Feel the rain any longer But soaked and shivering Learn to smile again Accept that when the lightning … Continue reading Born In A Storm
MB Blissett 