I amDefenceless UnableTo repel Your perpetualInvasion Of my thoughts I amPowerless IncapableOf halting Your eternalOccupation Of my heart
Category: Poems
Every Time I Close My Eyes
Every timeI close my eyesI see itA bright light shiningSo inviting Every timeI close my eyesI feel itEthereal handsOn my shouldersGuidingMe closer to the light Every timeI close my eyesI hear itThe constant chidingAnd deridingTelling me it's timeTo quit fightingNo point in surviving But then I think of youAnd it opens up my eyesAnd I [...]
History Repeats
Why do we refuse to learnAnd grow from our mistakes?Trapped in a recurring dreamFrom which we never wakeOn and on the cycle goesNo desire to escapeMurder, war, and genocideIs the future that awaits And everything that happensKnow we’ve seen it all beforeStories so horrific thatWe simply can’t ignoreBut still we carry onHeads bowed towards the [...]
Cronyism
Who needsA nepotocracyWhen you’ve gotBritish democracy An aristocracyMasqueradingAs a meritocracy It’s all aboutYour familyOr who you wentTo school with Or who you’reSick or brave enoughTo sleep with Making sureThe money goesTo all yourHighschool chums Or toMs Arcuri, ‘causeShe took it up the [redacted] PoliticsIs riddledWith corruptionAnd perversion Like BoJoAnd STD’s[of course, that's just an assumption] [...]
Carnival of Absurdity
It’s a carnivalOf absurdityA festivalOf obscenityIt’s a circusOf perversityA celebrationOf insanityOn and onIn my headFor eternity I dared to peakInside the HouseOf MirrorsWhat greeted meMade me quicklyReconsider For staring backAt me wasNo reflectionBut the incarnationOf my everyImperfection I tried to smashThose windowsTo realityBut the only thingThat shatteredWas my sanity It’s a carnivalOf absurdityA festivalOf obscenityIt’s [...]
Liturgy of Depravity
It is no escapeTo make sense of the mysteryThe pill for aidingOur existence is depravityDreaming dreamy dreamsOf tantalising travestiesPlagued by thoughtless thoughtsWe all need a little tragedy Forget the voices stopListen even in their paucityLet their words satisfyA requirement for insanityYour mind has long departedFor the shores of incapacitySo dwell with me a whileHere in [...]
Some would callThe human raceThe pinnacleOf evolution But I have toDisagreeAnd questionThat conclusion LanguageAnd dexterityIs to meA mere illusion To claimThat we’re evolvedIs the grandestOf delusions Our presenceOn this planetIs an unwelcomeIntrusion Driving speciesTo extinctionDeforestationAnd pollution Our abilityTo destroyIs our only trueDistinction No doubtThat humankindIs this planet’sMain affliction It’s clearThat our removalIs the onlyTrue solution [...]
Imagine
ImagineBeing shotOnly to be toldIt’s your faultFor not wearingBulletproof clothing ImagineBeing robbedOnly to be toldIt’s your faultFor owningNice things ImagineBeing harassedAssaultedRapedMurderedOnly to be toldIt’s your faultFor beingA woman
Equilibrium
An endless tightropeDown the centre of my mindFighting, always fightingTo keep my balanceSave myself from falling The voidThe pit of despairAwaits meShould I lose my footing And there have beenCountless timesAn unseen forceHas sought to drag meFrom this rope But one thingHolds me steadyAnd I knowAlways will You areThe fulcrumUpon which I findMy equilibrium
Hanging By A Thread
We are hanging by a threadWrapped around our necksDancing like a braindeadMarionetteIn the shadow of our master’sSilhouetteMusic playingFrom a broken cassetteAs we move as commandedBy the hands that danceAbove our heads We are hanging by a threadAnd if we are to have any hopeOf holding on another dayThen we have to find a wayTo cut [...]
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