You think us cruelYou had something and it went awaySomething you treasuredYou lovedYou lost yourself inHear usNothing you lose yourself in is rightNothing that takes you from yourself is healthyNothing that you constantly strive for is workingNo permanent struggle equals happinessNoneNo job should subdue the selfNo career should steal your lifeNo friendship should diminish youNoContinueContinue reading “All the Beginnings that End”
Category Archives: Poetry
Writer’s Pause
How can I write?I’m busy aren’t I?I meanif I had the timethen I wouldAnd how can I wordall the things on my mind?(It would help if there were thingsOn my mind)Truth isthe thinking is getting in the way of the writingto the point that I can’t think to writeWhich makes me my own conundrumand effectivelyContinueContinue reading “Writer’s Pause”
The Lights of a Far Off Town
I was driving alongI was spiralling downNothing was left but a tragic clownAll was wrongWhere was rightAll was dark nothing lightAnd the world was coloured inDull grey and brownI had climbed in my carWith no thought as to whyAnd I drove without seeingThe world flying byThe roads they went upAnd the roads they went downThenContinueContinue reading “The Lights of a Far Off Town”
Sometimes
SometimesThe fear is like a living thingMoving inside meTrying to take me overAnd make me not meI’ve learned thoughThat it is an imposterAnd if I findSomething beautiful to think aboutThe fear will be pushed outAnd happier thoughts will take its placeThen I will be creatingThe future I wantNot the future I fearAnd those thoughts willContinueContinue reading “Sometimes”
A Million Things
I thought I needed a million thingsIn order to be happyA million poundsAll the shoes and chocolate in the worldTo go everywhereTo experience everythingTo have lots of friendsTo have the perfect face and figurePerfect healthSeveral carsSeveral housesMaybe a helicopter and a private planeThen I woke up one morningNothing had changedBut I was happyAnd all wasContinueContinue reading “A Million Things”
You Are Me
I understand the innocence of childhood Because long ago I was you An innocent with my whole life in front of me Safe in my cocoon with my family Playing happily in streets Splashing in the rain Paddling in the sea And shrieking as the waves washed over me As you used to But youContinueContinue reading “You Are Me”
Eventide
When evening sweeps down from the skyAnd the world goes silentI can hear the souls of the children screamingBegging for a life of peaceAn end to warEnough food and waterTheir parents and siblings beside themIf we cannot hear the souls of the childrenWe cannot hear the voices of the innocentWe can shut our minds toContinueContinue reading “Eventide”
Daring!
I come home really late (It must be nearly 10 pm) I wear my skirt short, short (A good inch above my knee) I go to a club (Darby and Joan were really nice)I listen to loud music (The Band of the Coldstream Guards) I dice with danger (Cautiously) I live life to the fullContinueContinue reading “Daring!”
Must I?
Must I explain myself to youBecause you keep judging me by appearanceGuessing at why I am the way I amWithout once asking how it feelsTo be meEven if you know meYou don’tBecause I can surprise myselfWith my reactionsDepending on the dayAnd the moodAnd the provocationOr the kindnessKindness can make me cryBecause it’s so beautifulOften unexpectedAndContinueContinue reading “Must I?”
You Tell Me
You tell me I don’t like you because of your colourYet I’m lonely and would welcome any friendYou may be the person who can help me through thisThe one that makes me laugh when I can’t think anymoreThe person who can see the wood for the treesAnd shine a light back into my lifeYou tellContinueContinue reading “You Tell Me”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 