27/07/2026

Write a Poem

Write a poem,
Any poem;
It can be about whatever
And take any shape you wish.

It could be about rainbows and butterflies
About the warmth of love
Or the bitterness of its passing.

It might be about the kings of old
Their eternal empires
And their now decayed might.

It might be a sonnet,
Shakespearean or otherwise.
Or perhaps something fragmented,
A falling leaf in the wind.

It could have colour; yellows and reds and oranges,
And it could resemble a horse.

It could be an assortment of stones
Of various sizes, somewhere in the woods,
Where a stranger might one day stumble upon it,
Or not.

Write a poem,
Or rather
Allow it to emerge.

Unfiltered thought in a few scattered words
Be they ink, coal or rock,
On paper or out in the world.

Write a poem,
And allow yourself to feel
The flow.

Not because anyone will read it,
Or allow it to flow through themselves.
Not because of praise or glory,
For few have that luxury.

Write a poem,
To explore your truest self.

Write a poem,
To reach for
Immortality.

22/07/2026

Birthday

It comes around once more
That dreadful day,
Where no words are said,
No songs are sung.

Where the silence
Of those who matter most
Echoes within
My pit of self-pity.

Where all goes wrong
And my decreed smile
Is ne'er born.

12/07/2026

Waltz

And once more
The joy and the woe
Dance their waltz

And here I lie
Intoxicated
By their beating hearts.

Awaiting something
That is born anew.

05/07/2026

To Understand

This sunshine of mine
That at times
Sinks into a dark abyss.

It drives me mad
Trying to understand
Its inner workings.

A hundred reasons;
Any number of them
Enough to boggle the mind.

I do not understand
What makes the world go around.
And I fail to understand
My own self.

What are these things within,
I ask again.
And the answers echo
Onto deaf ears.

Various colours
Dancing their dance;
And I'm left asking questions
With no easy answers.

I fail to understand
Many a thing
But I keep trying
All the same.

15/06/2026

Slices of Ham

I thought I knew poverty
When mom sliced the slices of ham in half,
So they would last for double the sandwiches.

But a day came,
When we stopped buying ham at all.

And then we stopped buying bread.