(2013)
I hide here behind a genuine misbelief that I am special, I am different I and only I
Forgiveness? Not on your life. My life was stolen from me. For what?
I’ve been so afraid to speak these heartfelt words. This secret has been kept so well, from myself, by myself,
I was seven years old. I approached the priest in earnest… “I want to take the lord Jesus in… He instructed me to kneel and pray… A week passed.
Not so long ago I was convinced you were the culprit, the masked robber of my sacred trust.
Sweet Mary Jane bade me follow where she led. I went eagerly. She was my life’s one true love. All the others,
Here he comes again, riding tall upon his hellish steed… Dead eyes red, charging straight towards me. No joy in that demonic laugh,
I came to bless you with the mystery, and shine my light on you. I did not know you could not risk the light,
Who’s gonna throw my pitiful ashes into the holy mother Ganges? Who’s gonna hold it as their sacre… Who’s gonna know the need for this… I’ve seen so many nameless shadows
I am your greatest grandmother calling softly on the ocean winds. I was never lost to you forever, only swallowed by the other half o… Come down with me to the quiet pla…
Sweet sultry muse, I declare this solemn oath before all that’s true and holy, that this earthly life and love are yours and yours alone,
God has spoken. I have been listening, the message is clear. The psalm itself is silent, if the psalmist’s voice falls stil…
It seems for ages, I have been trapped behind yet another version of what I want to think I know. I was so sure I loved you
Sometimes I worry what you’ll thi… about these words I spew upon this… Not often. Not for very long. What of the form and structure?
Almost silent, A numbing hum. It is a cold cloudless night. A brilliant bone-white moon hovers amidst stars upon stars upon stars…