Deep winter
ancient time of darkness and want
for a moment the Sun stands
still
holding silence.
In the heavens
over the tropic of Capricorn
Orion sets free his hound
they begin the hunt.
On Earth
light pierces New Grange
Oak and Ash burn in the grate
while mistletoe bears fruit
the Green Man wakes spring.
In legend
Wild women and kings
herald the return of
abundance and light
In the firmament
the sun arcs low
across the celestial sphere
before ascending
high into the northern sky
Wednesday, 24 December 2008
Thursday, 11 December 2008
A love poem to God and Laurence
I thought I could do it on my own
forge my way forward, climb the ladder
reach the top.
I was in love with the struggle
overcoming the barriers
see how great I am
look what I’ve overcome.
On my own, just me.
The primitive part that kidnapped
held me in thrall
chained me to destruction
destroyed me in ego hell.
In my dark inner place
the loneliness and grief
aching need for love
desire for you fills me
to be cleansed.
I seek your understanding and sublimation
Your soft voice in my soul
the splinter of you inside me
whisper of love
desire for you fills me
to be wrapped up.
I seek your touch and approbation
I find you when I go inside
when I’m the best that I can be
a splinter of you
and also in your eyes
forge my way forward, climb the ladder
reach the top.
I was in love with the struggle
overcoming the barriers
see how great I am
look what I’ve overcome.
On my own, just me.
The primitive part that kidnapped
held me in thrall
chained me to destruction
destroyed me in ego hell.
In my dark inner place
the loneliness and grief
aching need for love
desire for you fills me
to be cleansed.
I seek your understanding and sublimation
Your soft voice in my soul
the splinter of you inside me
whisper of love
desire for you fills me
to be wrapped up.
I seek your touch and approbation
I find you when I go inside
when I’m the best that I can be
a splinter of you
and also in your eyes
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Bag Search
Sleek Mulberry bag
woman in charge
in control. Inside
chaos, messed up, fucked up
life shattered, mess, destruction, desolation
broken BlackBerry
torn tampax wrapper, creased picture of mum
cut hair substitute cut wrists
diazepam dust.
scissors confiscated, cracked mirror approved
search suspended, hands removed
shame imbued
woman in charge
in control. Inside
chaos, messed up, fucked up
life shattered, mess, destruction, desolation
broken BlackBerry
torn tampax wrapper, creased picture of mum
cut hair substitute cut wrists
diazepam dust.
scissors confiscated, cracked mirror approved
search suspended, hands removed
shame imbued
Group Session
The room was hot and the air stagnant. Too many bodies breathing the same air, the same air that was full of tension and unspoken lives. She now knew what it was like when people described the air being thick.
She could see it moving up and down in slow, slow motion. Thick, globules of sticky brown air rising with the heat like the oil in a lava lamp. It mesmerised in the same way.
Dark outside, the blackness contributed to the oppressive feel, as it wrapped itself around the building and crept into the room. Most of the people were slumped in their chairs. They looked as if asleep, oh blessed sleep but she knew how this eluded. The peace denied them.
Others were sitting upright, their bodies full of strain, eyes fixed, then suddenly darting between the faces. Arms dead straight, fists clenched, rigid, terrified, gaunt.
If only the thickness of the air was the thing that was causing her to choke. Then she could get out of the room and feel free, but it was the weight of the lies that she carried inside of herself that was gripping her gut and clawing at her throat.
The cancerous mass that was a great heavy rock dragging her down, but oh how she wished it were cancer. She could deal with cancer. It wouldn’t be her fault if she had cancer. She’d have done nothing to deserve it. She’d treated her body well.
No it was the malignancy of lies and deceit that invaded her now and she deserved that. If it were cancer there would be pills and chemicals that could make it better, or at least take away the pain. Deaden her to the gripping, knifing pain.
She would have welcomed such pain but her pain was the pain of dragging shame and dragging guilt. The mass of it constantly pulled her down until she was face to face with mud and shit.
That pain could not be eroded by any chemical means unless of course it was the chemicals of the final act.
They wanted her to speak. To spill it out, but how can you spill it out when you’re being throttled by fate?
If only she could vomit it out, it would be brown, full of pus, fowl and reek of hell.
If only she could be stoned like some biblical whore. The lack of judgement and censure was too much to bear.
Punish me, make me pay she screamed inwardly
but the voice was strangled and killed dead in her throat.
She could see it moving up and down in slow, slow motion. Thick, globules of sticky brown air rising with the heat like the oil in a lava lamp. It mesmerised in the same way.
Dark outside, the blackness contributed to the oppressive feel, as it wrapped itself around the building and crept into the room. Most of the people were slumped in their chairs. They looked as if asleep, oh blessed sleep but she knew how this eluded. The peace denied them.
Others were sitting upright, their bodies full of strain, eyes fixed, then suddenly darting between the faces. Arms dead straight, fists clenched, rigid, terrified, gaunt.
If only the thickness of the air was the thing that was causing her to choke. Then she could get out of the room and feel free, but it was the weight of the lies that she carried inside of herself that was gripping her gut and clawing at her throat.
The cancerous mass that was a great heavy rock dragging her down, but oh how she wished it were cancer. She could deal with cancer. It wouldn’t be her fault if she had cancer. She’d have done nothing to deserve it. She’d treated her body well.
No it was the malignancy of lies and deceit that invaded her now and she deserved that. If it were cancer there would be pills and chemicals that could make it better, or at least take away the pain. Deaden her to the gripping, knifing pain.
She would have welcomed such pain but her pain was the pain of dragging shame and dragging guilt. The mass of it constantly pulled her down until she was face to face with mud and shit.
That pain could not be eroded by any chemical means unless of course it was the chemicals of the final act.
They wanted her to speak. To spill it out, but how can you spill it out when you’re being throttled by fate?
If only she could vomit it out, it would be brown, full of pus, fowl and reek of hell.
If only she could be stoned like some biblical whore. The lack of judgement and censure was too much to bear.
Punish me, make me pay she screamed inwardly
but the voice was strangled and killed dead in her throat.
Sunday, 9 November 2008
Remembrance
The cold blustery day
dying leaves
blown with no choice
to places they have no wish to go
The cold blustery day
dead souls
blown with no choice
to a place they had no wish to go
Leaves and souls
fallen from the tree
sap and blood
trodden in mud and fear
The cold blustery day
dead leaves and dead souls
leaves grow again
are souls lost forever?
dying leaves
blown with no choice
to places they have no wish to go
The cold blustery day
dead souls
blown with no choice
to a place they had no wish to go
Leaves and souls
fallen from the tree
sap and blood
trodden in mud and fear
The cold blustery day
dead leaves and dead souls
leaves grow again
are souls lost forever?
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