My Brilliant Career

I: Earth
Marching firmly across a rock so pure
With each step building up with momentum
Today’s the day a pilgrimage began
On this path leading towards the future
Marching relentlessly with a clean slate
All heading to the Promised Land at last
Forgetting ‘bout the demons of the past
Because now’s not the time to hesitate
Underneath the rays of purest sunshine
Move ever forward, emerge triumphant
Only the strong challenge establishment
Today is the hour, now is the time

At journey’s end, grasp the cup of success
And taste the purest taste that is the best

II: Sun
You know something? I feel like I can fly
I have the strength to reach the greater height
I want to run and jump and to take flight
I feel like reaching out to touch the sky
Burning forward with the power of one
I want to bask in the pure light of the sun
Flexing my muscles, I will climb so high
Destiny is calling. Now is the time
I’m gonna get there, sweat drips from each pore
Sure I did plummet from grace once before
But now I’m climbing back to the sunshine

I feel like spreading out my silver wings
And fly up towards the palace of kings

III: Moon
I’m a cork in the middle of the sea
I’m the voice that no one else can concede
Guided by a map nobody can read
Is there anyone else that can hear me?
Can someone else tell me where I came from?
I’ve lost contact with the rest of the world
I cannot walk for my strength has been quelled
Can someone else tell me where I went wrong?
Memories drift into this barren surface
Memories of when it was all fertile
Memories of when I could walk a mile
But the old way is gone leaving no trace

Without direction, I left to linger
As the life I knew slips through my fingers

IV: Infinity
Forget everything that’s happened before
Forget all the times where one has fallen
Just listen to the voice that is calling
An invitation to go and explore
There is a world out there on which to tread
The way’s made out to a world of wonder
A world of marvels, beauty and colour
So take a long deep breath and move ahead
Can’t stop now, there’s too much to do and see
To slip here would be a dreadful crime
So take it all with one step at a time
Until you’ve finally achieved victory

At last, I drank from the cup of success
To taste the purest taste that is the best


??/?? 2003

I'm going to kill that woman

Crippled and battered I lay on my bed
With memories that have all become lies
Thumped with a thousand punches, my heart cries
Twisted thoughts begin to pollute my head
Now, the time has come to end this charade
You have a date with my friend – The shotgun
A killing moon has risen - don’t try to run
All sense of reason has begun to fade
We are not waltzing any more my dear
Blood stains the walls and a mirror broken
Gun smoke fills the room - My wrath has spoken
So tell me: can you feel the love in here?

Each part of me is screaming for vengeance
For the love that turned out to be nonsense


??/?? 2003

Surrender

You have a secret smile – just for me
You draw closer, ready for the taking
With eyes on me you tilt your head shyly
This is one dream from which I’m not waking
Every square inch of your skin craves my touch
Take my hand and fall into white satin
Nothing to lose, no rescue bar to clutch
Into your sparkling eyes I am drowning
Soft rivers of your hair slips through my hand
Seeing you like this takes my breath away
United by love, together we land
So sat with me beyond the break of day

To a deep ocean of you I fall in
With drams of white satin, white stain


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Thoughts of a lonely drunk

All of my friends are happily married
They don’t want to hang ‘round me any more
Now they stay home on weekends instead
And without them life has become a bore
Its no longer fun going out at night
Laughing out loud and drinking the pub dry
Bellowing out a song with all our might
As we send all our brain cells our to fly
Now, the atmosphere of the bar’s a farce
Drinking by myself makes me a loser
If I drink too much they call me an arse
And tomorrow, I’ll be with my hangover

My friends don’t want to go on one last round
It’s the life of an adult they’ve all found


??/?? 2003

The Creature of Nightmares

Once I met a creature of a nightmare
He was dressed in finery, red and gold
He had a face that was ageless and cold
He looked ready for a dupe to ensnare
There’s no telling what he’d seen in his eyes
He had lived through and endured everything
He had stood and seen the whole world changing
He could change the line between truth and lies
He fixed me with the most sadistic grin
We’d met before when I was a child
He’d haunted my dreams and made them wild
To his world of madness, he wanted me in

I turned my back. I didn’t want to know
I walked away. I’d somewhere else to go


??/?? 2003

Elvis doesn't answer my e-mails

Once, I sent Elvis Presley an e-mail
Asking how he’s doing and if he’s well
I said I liked his work with JXL
And I asked for a reply – without fail
I sent The King a cyberspace greeting
Does he still enjoy his hamburgers?
What does he think of impersonators?
Is Vegas still a place worth visiting?
I wrote to Grace Lands to say “howdy!”
And to thank Aron for leading the way
(For the modern music we hear today)
And would he find time to write back to me

And I am still waiting for a reply
But no such thing has come – I wonder why?


??/?? 2003

For everyone who’s posted an anti-religious poem at TPS

Yes, you may voice your opinions on God
Yes, you have the freedom to speak your mind
Yes, you can speak on how he made life unkind
But can you spare a thought for me – the mod?
I have to read this stuff as well you know!
I have to keep the hope forum in check
But recently I’ve turned into a wreck
Because this poetic batch makes me feel low
You may renounce, condemn, question and curse
But I’m reading this after a hard day
I see nothing to make me shout “Hooray!”
Consequentially, I’m left feeling worse!

So voice your hatred of God if you should
But is that supposed to make me feel good?!


30th October 2003

Built to last

No amount of punches will keep me down
I will never crack, rot, decay or rust
I will crush my enemies into dust
I stand on my feet. I don’t kiss the ground
My legs won’t fail, they will take me there
My arms keep on – They won’t go down this time
My brain knows and awaits the victory sign
You call it impossible. I don’t care
You may hit, punch, kick and try to shake me
But as long as my heart’s inside thumping
The engine that is me will keep on pumping
And nothing you say or do will break me

There’s no foe to big, no challenge to great
I’ll keep moving. I don’t need an update


??/?? 2003

The private life of a jester

Let me tell you a wonderful story
A story full of laughter and sharp wit
A story full of song and poetry
A story about a social misfit
I’ll arrange my words in a complex maze
I’ll keep you enthralled so you will stay
And I’ll hold you, my audience, in my gaze
Because you know I’ve got something to say
This is a story no one else would hear
Performed by someone no one else would know
They won’t know I can be gentle and dear
This me, to you, I’m not ashamed to show

Love is blind but you know who to listen to
And you will hear it because I love you


??/?? 2003

You would know every word!

Sitting in a car in the hot summer
My sister sings along to the radio
She knows every word and where it should go
So, can someone save me from this torture?
It’s the same song that’s been playing for weeks
One of emotional intensity
She knows every word – unsurprisingly
But it makes us look like a pair of freaks
Does she think I care that she knows every line?
Does she know that this is embarrassing?
Does she think that I want to hear her sing?
Do I have to spell it out? Hang a sign?

And you know what really makes me sick?
She’s not a teenager, she’s twenty six!


10-11/10/2003

Journeys of Transition

My brother is but a plane trip away
My sister’s now got a place of her own
I can talk to them when they’re on the phone
But no longer do I see them each day
Years ago it was all a different way
We would argue, take sides, bicker and fight
We would refuse to share and forget birthdays
And we’d deny the bond that held us tight
But now, with my siblings gone, it’s different
Conversations last longer than before
We’ve even stopped hating our parents
And we support each other more and more

Absence doesn’t just make the heart grow fonder
It makes the bond of family stronger


??/?? 2003

Accident in the kitchen

I live with three humans who are quite kind
And my daft, but lovable, half brother
Sure we fight but we look after each other
But there’s a prize that we both wish to find
Then one day, the opportunity came
The door to the inside was left open
So we both headed into the kitchen
Where our sought after prize waited the claim
We advanced to the place called the pantry
A place we had come to know very well
We grabbed a bag we picked out from the smell
And we tore it open to reap victory

Then I found dog food strewn across the floor
And my dogs eating it up by the score


??/?? 2003

A will to succeed

The night matures as the hours tick by
The tenacious manual’s looking hazy
If I don’t get some rest I’d probably die
But I will not let anything stop me
When I’m around I create disasters
It used to be like that but not any more
Once blamed, my confidence’s left in tatters
But that won’t happen again that’s for sure
All night long, I’ve worked on this masterpiece
Because I was convinced it could be done
With determination that’ll never cease
I reach for a goal that’s begging to be won

I’m not stopping now – I will pass the test
And then – I’ll relish my well deserved rest


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