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doubt’s truth

 

Because,

words,

contradict,

 

yours

and

my,

 

intimate,

fear,

diluting,

 

love’s,

consistent,

insecurity,

 

truth’s,

unpleasant,

inconvenience,

 

life’s,

chemistry

\destiny,

 

Pure?

simple?

neccessary?

 

to be?

or not to be?

Inconclusive.

Spider

 

Sun in eye,

Crawling into corners,

Static interference.

 

Retrospective zoom,

Midnight, coloured lights

shivering sweats.

 

slow motion……….

 

Craaack! Cruunch!

Where is the world when you need to hide?

I need to escape the sun.

Blue

Italian leather,

Rain, like machine gun fire,

I’m uninspired.

I quote Shakespeare in beligerence.

From your palette,

you conjured,

The most remarkable plot,

Since Romeo and Juliet.

Is this coincedence?

Feeling lonely,

When your next to me.

Fear the greeks  when they bring frankincense,

Alas!

I’ve fallen to my sword.

If we could fly

We would climb a high mountain top,
We’d breathe in the thin fresh air,
We’d make some silly pact or say some silly things,
hopefully we’d be there for the same reasons.
Take my hand before we jump,
I know you don’t fear the jump and you know I know that,
I don’t want you to fear holding my hand either.

The ground is so far down, we cannot see it
Everyone said don’t come here, but since when did we listen to anyone?
They said we would never fly, but how would we know if we never try?
But if we do jump, and we don’t fly,
Remember I asked you to give me your hand?
I won’t let it go,
I promise I won’t let it go.
And if we do hit the ground,
Well, you won’t be hitting it, cos you’ll land on me, so don’t worry about that.

I think we’ll fly though.
‘Greatness was never your usual’.

Like water for knowledge

In vessel,

I will form.

With route,

flow.

In essence,

depth.

In aggravation,

rumble.

Without navigation,

displace.

But,

I will give you life,

hope, encouragement.

These are the rules,

the inevitable.

With knowledge lies power,

depth, perspective.

The way.

Third world drama

People walk,

As though time physical.

 

On this  street,

Hawkers Hawk,

washers wash.

 

Women ,

Gossip.

Street kids,

divide,

 

Running,

The unlucky fool,

People shout,

thief!

 

The bus comes,

A man shouts,

struggle ensues,

Man, woman, child,

Push!

  

The sun goes,

 picture  ends,

On this street

Of this cinema.

     

Live Alive

   

I can’t argue or fight

With these tears

We atone for blessings

Water runs over my palms

Maybe yesterday was promised

Today crucial

If I could perch on your shoulder

Skip to a piano

Easier said with a smile

You uplift me

Jingle bells and cinder girls

I feel romance in the sky

My promise was a whisper

Faintly candle lit

I’ve eaten this food for thought

From the best position

Sleepwalk with my dreams

Pillow fight with the firefly

What can I say

It’s great to be alive

    

Bohemic

A crying sax.
Tear drops  in her wrinkles,
Distance,

Unfamiliarity.

Sweat rolls to abandon.
No mind is paid,
glasses get smashed.

I give nothing,
I have no happiness,

No grief.

Windows steam,
teeth red with wine.

she pretends to be unconscious,
we laugh, nod, kiss, fumble.

The man cries

Bohemia, bohemia,

It’s sad.
Tomorrow she’ll be like this.

Ghost

Our silhouettes are imprints in eternity,

This is what you told me.

  

Beyond a rose bush,

I sob like nightingales,

In the absence of deities.

  

The receding void is the past few years,

You left a vacuum in your absence.

Apology in six haiku

Your heart is beating,

Like the centre of the sun,

Let me by you.

   

I’ll be thy tender

Sugary blade of grass

Golden and pure.

  

This is how I feel,

Like stranger in a mountain

Much overwhelming.

  

You are absent

In sentiments of cedar

 hard to breathe

  

I cry not to lie,

These feelings are a burden,

Gasps without air

 But I’m selfish,

I’m trying to say I’m sorry,

So I can breathe air.

soho hobos

 So,

Freddy the one legged boho,

No go,

 Down the sesame street pathway.

Logos, Shine in neon,

Meridians of past centurions,Waterways, sparkly lithium,

Billion, bullions,And one

‘ho ho’Drunken Santa.

‘No!’

The transvestite hippie to the junkie.

The concrete treads in disdain.

Chariots file, Gladiators prepare lines with bottles for armory.

Libertines, charlatans and princes,Break moral conscience.

A tin of foil for sale,Where the legions stood yesterday,

Selling the youth of today their dreams. 

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