However you may shine, Infection is everywhere And it’s a nonsense. Look at what they can hang before us. The sordid sins of the world itself, Like shroud bearers in the Plague, And grubbily persistent too, As if they have no shame, Nor right, it seems, To share with us The blessed light of the day. Interwoven with selfish desires To be ashamed...
Learn MoreAs the wisest of scholars Have always known, It remains stubbornly unfathomable Just how far inspiration can take you. So best not to risk extinguishing Possibilities of insight, That sometimes Only the opportunity of reflection And simple stasis can bring. For it’s never quite what’s garnered Or understood But rather, what you feel inside, That...
Learn MoreTo seek solace as they did. To draw strength from the natural world, Only for it to tighten its remorseless grip, Till it brings you face to face With elementary truths That spear your insignificance And stake it to the ground without pity, Like a trophy, Like the bloodied innards Of a wounded animal, Caught in the final dazzle of despair. I can imagine...
Learn MoreAmbition’s the thing, For sure. Desires irrevocably ignited By creative resonance. A wish to travel that same path, To follow a tracer line Of those that came before you, In sporadic explosions Of piercing self expression And insight, Fierce splintering beauty Fired out into the darkness. And even when life is as its stillest, Most...
Learn MoreBe as bold and as brave As you wish, By all means look to the heavens. But, as you labour so In this glorious snare, Do also take care to tend to the wounds Of your enthusiasm. Because it’s not till it’s broken and bust, Genuinely beaten up, That you realise just how fluid, How soft and aching, How finite a liquid chamber Any human being...
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