Untitled (I)

She rings up to tell of a new boyfriend
This being her seventh phone call this week
His greatness: The only thing she can speak
And it doesn’t seem clear when it will end
Apparently they do much together
Go shopping, buy gifts, do lunch, take photos
Introducing her friends, watch TV shows
Has he let her down completely? Never
Making very clear this good thing she’s got
He fills her up with happiness so true
With him she does things that we used to do
This I’m told whether I like it or not

I’m happy for you that you’re doing well
But can’t you find somebody else to tell?


25th November 2013

Early Morning Departure

Woke up at 4am but she did not
Got clothes and shoes on just like it was planned
A kiss on the cheek. A squeeze of her hand
For I will be missing her a whole lot
Sitting in a dark room on a suitcase
An airline ticket in hand, held tightly
Phone rings. Head outside and into taxi
As I’m driven away leaving no trace
As I journey I think of her, so fair
No doubt she is still sleeping peacefully
What will she do this weekend without me?
What will she do when she finds I’m not there?

But no matter the distance love won’t wane
And I know we will be together again


11th November 2013

I feel better now

And suddenly it’s clear and it’s all true
Look at me: I’ve reason to be happy
Because I’m heading off for some place new
For I’ve had a moment of clarity
In amongst the confusion I found out
This thing called life: it’s one big joke you see
All the disasters? The failures? The doubt?
Don’t argue: Just follow it completely
The attempts made to progress aren’t worth it
So it shouldn’t be a concern for me
So goodbye those I know: You did jack shit
Now watch as I discard all sanity

So towards chaos I open the door
Is it worth it? I don’t care any more


28th October 2013

The lament of a conscience

My friend has made a terrible mistake
I tried to warn him but he wouldn’t heed
I gave him the good advice he would need
But stupid moves he continues to make
I do my job but he just doesn’t care
Why speak? He won’t hear a damn word I say
I want to see him heading in the right way
But he keeps forgetting I’m always there
Why do I bother hanging around him?
I stuck with him! This is the thanks I get!
I’m treated with the same hate as a debt!
Well stuff it then: I’m handing my badge in

To make mistakes. So my friend you are free
Only this time it will be without me


14th October 2013

The Voice you Refuse to hear

Right beside you with every step taken
No matter where you go it’s coming too
Don’t like it? Well there’s nothing you can do
Ignore? You can try but you’re mistaken

Each and every thing you do it will see
All the good, all the bad, every action
It will note words said, each interaction
But it won’t tell you where you need to be

It will see thieving, the times you’re untrue
The people you hurt, the cruel words you say
It won’t speak out but it won’t go away
Because all it wants is what’s best for you

Unseen, it will be with you everywhere
And when the darkness calls it will be there


9th September 2013

Man's Best Friend

Within the eyes love unconditional
A face that doesn’t deserve any harm
The hardest heart, a nature to disarm
A motivation unquestionable
A friend who will never leave you alone
Who will love you more than you love yourself
Greater than you’ll know; Providing a wealth
From day of birth it’s all it’s ever known
True definition of friend to the end
No matter where you go; will walk with you
And will go with everything that you do
You; and much very prepared to defend

Still your best friend when no one else will be
For it’s not a complete jerk that they see

Four Old Men

Four old men were working in an office
Still doing the same job five decades on
Working with numbers, profits and losses
But the conclusion is still one foregone

Four men still talk of plans they had coming
As the computers and desks grow dusty
The business continues to keep running
Riding on skills slowly getting rusty

Four men still greet each other come morning
Any hopes, ambitions have all decayed
Where once run is now reduced to crawling
So may as well keep going ‘til they fade

Four old men working for a goal long gone
As the rest of the world keeps moving on


26th August 2013

Reaper Man

Sitting on park bench, watching the people
Watching the world pass behind pitch black shades
His hair grey and his face wracked by decades
He sits so still, not moving a muscle
He twirls the top of a cane in his hand
Says no words – as silent as a dead star
And boots that look like they’ve been travelling far
Seems unconcerned with what time may demand
Dressed entirely in blackest of leathers
Is he waiting for someone to walk by?
Somehow it maybe best not to ask why
Says no words for he’s the one who measures

Watching the people pass, he sits and waits
For its he himself that decides the fates


5th August 2013

God mightn’t love you but Science does

Science is your friend! It loves you so much!
It wants naught but only the best for you!
It don’t care about what you want to do
We’re just the puppets that dance to its touch
Your genes tell you how it’s going to be
They don’t care about what plans you have made
Don’t like the path that’s already been laid?
Well too bad: You’re stuck with it now buddy
You will also need a tribe to call home
You will hang around them and only them
Just don’t mingle – Everyone will condemn
Or you run the risk of being alone

But don’t complain: Science is a friend true
It wants naught but only the best for you


15th July 2013

Its only love

A sunset’s been painted across the sky
Together on the edge of a clear lake
With a picnic basket holding wine, cake
As a summer evening breeze drifts on by

Dressed in a white shirt and a waistcoat red
Whilst she’s wearing a dress of deep blue
Seeing a truth only we know is true
The chink of wine glasses chime with words said

Her hand rests on mine. Warm is the touch
Leaning in, her head resting on my shoulder
Feeling a bond stronger than a boulder
And love for each other that burns so much

Another prefect day ends spent with her
For an evening together I confer


Completed 8th July 2013

Death of a Dream

Today's the day the dream cracked wide open
Just stand there and watch it collapse and burn
The endpoint of years spent fighting, hoping
Trade it for an irrevocable turn
Why did it go wrong? You were doing well
Could say there’ll be next time but it’s not true
Walked like a giant. Devastatingly fell
And the world’s been warped into something new
What do you do when the world has fallen?
What do you do when there’s nothing to clasp?
Has destiny decreed to stop calling?
When the victory slipped and fell from grasp?

There anything left worthy to obtain?
Is it worth starting all over again?


1st July 2013

Sunday Lunch

A sky of clearest blue. No cloud in sight
A house fifty miles from anywhere
A backyard looking deserted and bare
A green garden lit up by the sun’s light

By several cars, a driveway occupied
But there’s no sign of life that can be found
That can be heard. Because the only sound
Comes drifting in from the building’s inside

Chinks of both wine glasses and cutlery
A mixture of voices both young and old
Jokes being cracked and stories being told
Away from the world a good company

All thoughts of tomorrow have gone away
For now is the time to enjoy the day



Completed: 24th June 2013

Thor goes to war

With the thunderbolts still at beck and call
An ancient force advances, proud and strong
Warrior. Guardian. King of his throng
Fought a thousand battles. Never did fall
To the undefeated a challenge comes
War calls: Now’s not the time to turn away
Voices of millennia guide his way
Each step to the sound of a thousand drums
Of fierce of Valkyries at his back; A score
The grip on the hammer strong as ever
The power of thunder ceasing never
Could be the last but it has been before

Having stood tall over the blood and slime
He picks up the hammer for one more time


June 10th 2013

The Old Man and the TV

It’s been one year into retirement
And one year of finding things to be done
The plans he’d made have already been spent
And suddenly there’s no roads left to run
Turn on the TV for nothing to do
What could be on? Does it even matter?
Take a seat. Move? Why bother trying to
Turn off the brain. Submit to the chatter
Enjoying when there’s not much to enjoy
Insisting its enjoyable when it’s not
Turn it off? Too much effort to employ
Relax for the motivation’s been shot

At sixty: Your new best friend: The TV
Naught to do but welcome senility


3rd June 2013

Ever felt like you’ve been cheated?

Being led on by promises empty
Debts facing no plans of being repaid
Being asked to hand over a sucker’s fee
Relying solely on a false trust made
Investing cash in a goal not alive
Putting in effort for little return
Waiting patiently though it won’t arrive
Realising you don’t have money to burn
What made you think it would work out this time
From one can recover; Not a blunder
From common sense why did you cross the line?
Why’d you bother? One can only wonder

So what is there to do when it’s all gone?
For one, you stand up and keep moving on


27th May 2013

Born This Way

I may not grasp situations social
But I take pride in being different
I may have trouble in being vocal
But in my field I’m genius ascent
I may not work the best within a group
But I will not abandon my self-worth
I may struggle to remain in the loop
But I work harder than anyone on Earth
“He’s a weirdo”; “He’s strange’ people may say
But none of that matters at all you see
Because I’m a success in my own way
For it is an Aspie that I should be

And this is all me – A me that is true
I can’t change even if I wanted to

Melbourne Woman

Meeting at the station in Flinders Street
Where folk gather, clocks tell time and trains stop
Take a horse drawn carriage on cushioned seat
Tour the streets to the sound of the clip-clop
Walking hand in hand underneath skies grey
Rugged up in warm gear but still there’s shiver
Sharing sushi on a winters day
On a bench facing the Yarra River
Eating dinner at the Crown Casino
Taking a stroll along the Burke St mall
Take a tram – so many places to go
From Richmond, to Collingwood and Westall

The weather may be shocking but why care?
For a day in Melbourne is one to share


20th May 2013

Tonight is just for us

Close the door and let in all the shadows
You. Me. Forget about the outside world
It’s within these arms that you should be held
Come to where a deep burning passion flows
Wrapped up in an embrace warm and lovely
But it’s different from last time: It feels true
If you’re so bold to show me the real you
Then I will gladly show you the real me
As bare skin touches passion runs white hot
Two pairs of lips can’t be kissed fast enough
No secrets any more. Nothing to bluff
Claim my love for you – of which there’s a lot

So much emotion burns bright in the gloom
And a flower has burst into full bloom


13th May 2013

Forever Broke

Seeing the same four walls from yesterday
One day with money for thirteen without
Will never happen again you did say
And yet there’s no end in sight for this drought

The car engine is running on empty
Can’t afford bus fare, new shoes or a snack
Saving? If only it were that easy
For every step forward there’s ten more back

Too little supply for too much demand
All for something that can’t be provided
Running on a path uncertain, unplanned
Why did you bother getting out of bed

And another day’s spent losing this game
And what’s on tomorrow? More of the same


6th May 2013

Flying

Getting ready to step up from the ground
Leaving the earth for territory unknown
For a new frontier forever been shown
It’s always been there – just needs to be found

Rise and head into the great wide open
Pushing the boundaries of where you don’t go
Where the destination is you just know
With this step the journey’s set in motion

No more chains or restrictions – now walk free
This journey’s history in the making
It’s a new world ready for the taking
What’s over the next hill? Let’s go and see

The rules have been broken, the walls tumbled
Walking proudly forward where once stumbled


16th April 2013

Abandoned School

Vandalised walls that once looked so trusting
A dim light left on for someone unknown
Sports ovals left completely overgrown
Two soccer goals overturned and rusting
Concrete slab where basketball courts once stood
Pathways going nowhere. Railings broken
Empty terrapins where words were spoken
Windows boarding up the inside for good
Locked doors where through countless students have passed
Grounds where many met, made friends, fell in love
A building with no purpose to speak of
And a skiff bin going nowhere fast

Many an education once here dwelt
Now all that’s heard is footsteps on asphalt


9th April 2013

So much to tell you

Got a lot to tell you. Where to begin?
Saying I miss you may be a good start
I can’t wait to see you, again, smiling
And how much it sucks that we’re both apart
I’ll tell you that I’m glad to have met you
And how your words warm my heart when it’s cold
I’ll tell you about how my heart beats true
And seeing your face never gets old
And how much love, to you, I want to give
If you were here I’d say all this to you
And, with you, how much I want to be with
But you’re not: So these words will have to do

I type all these words because I can’t say
But I know we’ll be together some day


5th April 2013

The Third Decayed

I wish I had a job. Full time. Good pay
Doing something that I’m really good at
You know like how everyone’s doing that
It would beat doing nothing every day

Wish I had a house I could call my own
It will best living in a basement plain
I’ll do what I like. No one will complain
It would somewhere I could call my home

I wish I had someone to give a rose
Someone whose heart speaks nothing but the truth
Hope it happens soon while I have my youth
The quest grows harder the longer it goes

I need all these things for by now I should
Before it slips out of my reach for good


1st April 2013

Science

I don’t believe in doing what genes say
Nor that I should obey some pre-program
I don’t believe that which is not my way
Nor that I have no say in Nature’s plan

I don’t believe that I’m part of a tribe
That I must find allies to mock the rest
Mixing is a dumb idea to subscribe
And enforcing that my path is the best

I don’t believe my group should be the one
That I decide what is morality
That I decide what to think, how it’s done
That who disagrees is an enemy

Because, in the end, I believe in me
Because that’s the only truth I can see


Completed: 11th March 2013

Night Chapel

Standing tall and pale against the black sky
Darkened windows, dulled sandstone and locked doors
A place where once welcomed all now looks shy
And the shadows have all come in force
Rising up, stabbing the sky, two towers
The walls are ageless – they won’t stop standing
It’s colour drained from the daylight hours
Funny: This place used to look welcoming
They say that someone is living in there
Someone who’s spent a very long time dead
But the building’s truths aren’t there to share
As the grounds are lit up with lights of red

The building exists but in its own light
Holding its own secrets within the night


Completed 25th February 2013

Two Hearts

Across the ocean a heart beats for me
It comes with a mind razor sharp and keen
As well as a pair of eyes so lovely
And the biggest smile I’ve ever seen
A heart that will pick me up when I’m down
A heart that is always thinking of me
A heart that will make me smile – not frown
A heart that, with me, where it wants to be
And I will return the heart’s devotion
There may be some risk but I just don’t care
Some might say ‘no’ – I’ll follow emotion
For, between these hearts, there’s plenty to share

Despite borders, beat as one these hearts two
For no distance can defeat feelings true


18th February 2013

An open letter to Taylor Swift

Dear Taylor – how are you going today?
Hope you are enjoying worldwide success
I write this for I have something to say
I want to be the prince to your princess
I want to be your boyfriend, your lover
Forget your past failures – I’ll be your man
Stick with me – you’ll never need another
Treat you good? Fix broken hearts? That I can
I can be the one you talk to and trust
I’ll give you gifts and love you every day
I’ll leave your previous boyfriends in the dust!
I’ll make your dreams come true – Just come my way

But hold on: I’m not famous! Such a crime
Oh well then – Sorry for wasting your time


11th February 2013

A private little Cold War

A war is being waged: one without rest
Many dollars are spent to get ahead
Seizing upon mistakes and dumb things said
Watching each move made with keen interest
Spreading dissent through spoken word and text
Make use of an arsenal of mind games
Dig dirt, eavesdrop, back stab. It’s all the same
One reason will do as well as the next
Actions are dissected to find meaning
Words are spread regardless of being true
Find allies in both camps to play for two
All for the victory they’ve been dreaming

But there’s one thing my opponent won’t see
My walk from the wall I built behind me


14th January 2013

Survival of the Fittest

I don’t want to hear of nights spent alone
I don’t want to hear of no men in sight
I don’t want trying to find Mr Right
I don’t want to be treated with a groan
I don’t want to be ground through some long test
I don’t want demands so impossible
I don’t want to be dismissed as a fool
I don’t want to be silenced with the rest
I don’t want the excuses aplenty
I don’t want say one thing, do different
I don’t want not saying that which is meant
I don’t want being told what you can’t see

So how’s it gonna be? I’ll tell you how
I want your loving and I want it now


7th January 2013

Unity

I am a member of humanity
Travelling on a tiny planet called home
You are too – no reason to feel alone
Because this world’s all we got: you and me
It’s time to put our differences aside
Drop your weapon and open up your hand
Fighting won’t win – we have to understand
I’m a human being: I’m on your side
We have journeyed so far to reach this point
With such progress made we can’t give up now
This can be achieved – we can show them how
You and me: The victors they shall appoint

Together we can achieve anything
So let’s build up a future worth winning


12th November 2012

The book of films unmade by George Lucas

Hi George. Nice to see you. We need to talk
You remember us? We’re all your ideas
While you’ve been watching Star Wars like a hawk
We’ve been dormant for many, many years
We can’t survive in a book left untouched
Please make us the films you’re working on next!
We need your voice, our creator, so much
We will let you use digital effects!
Don’t walk away from us – Don’t say never!
You have money, influence! Make us breathe!
You can’t keep mining nerd cash forever!
Please! Before death decides it’s time to leave!

We need to thrive as complete films - to live
Just make us! We’re all prepared to forgive


5th November 2012

I want to be Taylor Swift’s boyfriend

I want to be Taylor Swift’s boyfriend – true
I could do better than all her past ones
Hell, if I told her she might agree too!
And we will shine bright like a thousand suns
We’ll be together. Her songs I’ll critique
I’ll be loving, kind generous as can be
Of course it won’t last long – maybe a week
And like the rest she’ll write a song ‘bout me
Sure she will call me a jerk and worthless
But it will be the lucky break I need
Being in her songs will make one famous
It’s an immortality guaranteed.

Will it be worth it being her boyfriend?
People will know me – it will in the end


29th October 2012

I will be your Romeo

Tell you what: I will be your Romeo
I will be your man: handsome. Brave and bold
Bound by the heart, hand in hand we will go
To the greatest love story ever told:
On the first day we’ll attract instantly
Forget about previous loves: We’re done
And on the second day we will marry
Just met but apparently you’re the one
You will smile and go along with it all
I could be a nutter but heart says no
With generations of hate we’ve got gall
Over. But give it time and it will blow

We’ll die but at least we’ll live forever
It’ll still be the greatest love ever


22nd October 2012

Addict

Same need. Same plan. Same thoughts of temptation
Same pause. Same doubt. Same fear of a presage
Same conflicting thoughts. Same hesitation
Same mobile number. Same text message

Same lies spoken. Same route and roads plotted
Same promise that this will be the last time
Same paranoia of getting spotted
Same street. Same driveway. Same house. Same door chime

Same amount of dollars. Same sense of touch
Same rush of sensation. Same ecstasy
Same assurance it was wanted so much
Same pain resonating in the belly

Leaving feeling empty, unhappy, weak
And knowing he’ll be back again next week


15th October 2012

When you were mine

I remember those days spent together
Hand in hand watching a summer set
Laughing at jokes that weren’t really clever
Singing to my ipod as a duet
In a flash restaurant sharing dinner
Sitting on the water front with ice cream
Competing on Xbox to be winner
Gazing into each other’s eyes agleam
I remember those days spent together
When you said that: Yes you’ll be my girlfriend
When you said you’ll be my friend forever
Building a bond only we comprehend

But you say that none of this happened – ever
But to me it all should have – not never


8th October 2012

The wife left behind

 Locked away, from the world, in a sleep
Dreams of when the ring was on the finger
Along with the memories that linger
For they’ve taken root in the soul so deep

Thoughts of the one who’s waiting a return
But the hopes of one are looking slimmer
And the love that once stood strong grows dimmer
A soul without its mate: cause for concern

Thoughts of the tenderness that was once there
Understanding between one another
How nobody else could know each other
No sense to turn away from that so rare

The sleep continues, the dreams here to stay
And he will see her face again some day


1st October 2012

Evil Noise

It came in the middle of the coldest night
Roaring up from the deepest depths of Hell
Striking down from up from the greatest height
Screaming a noise like a broken bell
Riding the same journey it took last week
It can’t be bought, bargained with or halted
Broken words, in dead languages it speak
Years of counter measures have all bolted
It’s stride: unbroken for years, relentless
It wants to be heard – to have the last say
No care for the many pleas you possess
And no demands, will make it go away

So hide in your room and bolt up the door
So the screaming can’t hurt you any more


24th September 2012

Open Heart Surgery

The human heart went into hospital
It’s twenty ninth visit this year alone
A thousand feelings had taken its toll
And the damage left the human heart prone
It could think of each time it fell apart
The times when it spoke with all it’s feeling
Without reason; Those who had to depart
The times when rejection left it reeling
The times when it’s emotions made it sick
When it couldn’t find hearts to relate to
When it got hit with the force of a brick
When it couldn’t reach the triumph so true

Now the heart was trying to stay alive
But how can something so fragile survive?


17th September 2012

The Procrastinating Student

I’ve just been handed a new assignment
But it can wait for now: I’ve things to do
Like Xbox baddies to shoot and torment
But I’ll get my school work done in time - true

It’s a week in but nothing’s been commenced
Well, apart from my journeys through Skyrim
I could start my school work – that would make sense
But I WILL get it done and I WILL win

Crunch time but the assignments still not done
I’ve got a week to produce something good
Empty tank preparing for the long run
But I know this is not the best I could

With the assignment done I can play games
But now, somehow, it doesn’t feel the same


10th September 2012

Take it Back

It’s true: everything’s going down the drain
We have leaders who’d rather lie and steal
And don’t care as to what the people feel
All hope has already begun to wane
We have been beaten and pushed around - True
When will this chaos stop? Well – let’s make it
Let’s stand up to the system and shake it
Enough is enough? Yeah I think so too
I want back everything taken from me:
My money, my home, my freedom of choice
My rights, my mind, my words, my heart, my voice
My pride, my feet, hands, and identity

Destiny calls: It’s happening at long last
And the time to run away is long past


3rd September 2012

For the Horde!

Come join the Horde! Yeah I’m talking to you!

Join the legions of the Undead and Orcs

The Tauren, Blood Elves, Trolls and Goblins too

Don’t go with the Alliance – they’re all dorks

We take up blades for honour and glory!

Everyone greets you with ‘Lok'tar Ogar’!

You want fighting, drinking, food and money?

Then take the trip down to Orgrimmar

We’ll ride from the Outlands and to Northrend

We’ll go take on Deathwing and the Liche King

We won’t fall nor to anyone’s will bend

Because we’ve got your back when you’re raiding

Now some say we’re violent, ugly and crass

But who cares? We still kick all kinds of ass!

27th August 2012

I lost my girlfriend to Jesus Christ

It’s all over – Nothing to do or say

Gone is my job of making her happy

Getting back together – is there a way?

Could think about it but it might kill me

A million miles away is her face

Going ahead with her wonderful life

And, for me there’s no longer a place

And that thought alone cuts deep like a knife

Could say something but I don’t feel like it

Just hope she feels warm in her sleep tonight

I thought this one would work – and be legit

But yet again, the dream has taken flight

There’s nothing to do: I’ve done all I can

And thus I’ve lost out to a better man

14th August 2012

Whispers

A door many have already stepped through

What happened to them one can’t comprehend

Don’t think if this is the right thing to do

Just come on in and meet your new best friend

Words are uttered in an English broken

Don’t care ‘bout your name or where you’ve come from

Not the first time these words have been spoken

Just don’t leave until the pain is all gone

Life ceases to exist. Fingers touch ice

A heart is stripped of all its emotion

With movements automated and precise

Just sit right back and go through the motion

Suddenly not feeling at all too well

So shut your mouth and fall under the spell

6th August 2012

The Author

In the beginning there was an idea

It cut through the darkness with a beacon

It found its voice and it began speakin’

Words tumbled out with a purpose so clear

Words that could not be destroyed or halted

Words that formed into that which must be told

To form more ideas – more precious than gold

And once they knew how to walk, they bolted

Life was created with a waving hand

Universes were born with just one thought

Characters came and their voices they sought

And they walked on to forge legends so grand

And as long as there are words to apply

Ideas will never stop, falter or die

2nd August 2012

Limping to the Finish Line

Legs have been crippled. Bones have broken.
Constant hard work has left the hands tortured
Dry throat has no words left to be spoken
But the feet stagger in one way: Forward
I do this with the best I can muster
I give every last drop of blood and sweat
Some might say these words are all bluster
But nothing will break from the path that’s set
Some won’t like it but I’m beyond caring
Every last bit of effort I commit
Let them say all the words they’re declaring
This is my best, pal – like it or lump it

I don’t really care about victory
Because I claiming this triumph for me


16th July 2012

Can’t spell confidence without the con

Well it’s happened yet again: Disaster
Yet another plan’s blown up in my face
My dreams have fallen, I’m left in disgrace
With but the remains of a non-starter
I really thought this one would work this time
What was I thinking? I must’ve been a fool
Asking for a break? What a laugh! Life’s cruel
You know, it’s funny how high hopes can climb
Who was I kidding? It was a dumb plan
What a chump I was to think I could win
It was only me I was deluding
How foolish it was to think that: ‘I can’

And so with my high hopes forever gone
I head back to the slime where I belong


16th July 2012

All For You

 I will come for you in the midnight hour

I will come to lead you into the night

I’ll lead you to a field bathed in moonlight

And let the seeds of love burst into flower

Up towards the heavens we cast our gaze

To see the stars painted across the sky

You feel my heartbeat and I hear you sigh

Both imprisoned in a romantic maze

Alone with each other: Two hearts smoulder

The world has stopped just for us it would seem

Close your eyes my darling and claim a dream

Your hand on mine, your head on my shoulder

There may as well be none else in this world

Take my hands in yours – watch this love unfurl

Completed: 19th June 2012

The Siren

Hearing timbers creak from a ruined ship

Flat on my back looking up at the stars

Cast adrift with nothing left within grip

Nursing a heart cut with a hundred scars

She sits on a rock in the pale moonlight

She said sweetly she was waiting for me

Across many dreams and many a night

I, no one else, was her one and only

I tried my best – I did – to cross the rift

But destiny decided where I stay

Did she notice when I was cast adrift?

When she’s never to be touched who can say?

Her song will go on for eternity

As she continues on waiting for me

Completed: 18th June 2012

Like a Bridge

When I think of you it makes me happy

Reading your emails make me smile

You play Daytona USA with me

Each moment spent together: worthwhile

And I love hearing your voice on the phone

And you hear my stories from the Isle

You make me happy; My sadness has flown

You’re fun to walk the streets of Melbourne with

Stick with me and you’ll never be alone

It’s something so strong: Let us start forthwith

These words I write for every one is true

For it is to you, my heart, that I give

11th April 2012

The house on the corner

The street I live; there’s a house upon

Dull, colourless it looks like a jail

The letter box is filled with untouched mail

Rubbish is strewn across a messy lawn

There’s cars parked outside but no one goes in

Paint’s peeling and the roof’s in disrepair

Can’t recall when someone was living there

And the front door is always left open

Through the windows reveal a sorry scene

There’s trash on the floor. Furniture long gone

And when the night falls no curtains are drawn

The only light comes from a TV screen

Is anyone living there? Who can tell?

But the house keeps its secrets guarded well…

11th April 2012

Video Store

It resides within a darkened corner

At the end of a lane where few dare to tread

It had a store name but now it’s faded

Its windows are as black as a mourner

There’s no way to see in: Step through the door.

But it only opens at the dusk hour

Once inside it smells of a dead flower

And the shadows dominate by the score

There’s no kid friendly stuff within these halls

Only the stare of demons and nightmares

Of a thousand murderers. And the gaze

As faces etched with fear scream from the walls

When you leave it’s quick: Sprint back up the lane

But the store knows that you’ll be back again

11th April 2012

Too Good to be True

My lover came knocking on my front door

With a bouquet of roses in his hand

He said beautiful was the dress I wore

And things only my heart could understand

He asked me about my day and my friends

That a booking for dinner had been made

His touch makes my heart race. The kiss he sends

He holds me and I’m no longer afraid

He says he’ll be there for me. He does care

I hear his heart beat when I hold him tight

The adoration is beyond compare

But in my heart something doesn’t feel right

He’s too good to be true. Thus we must part

My hands on the knife rammed into his heart

6th April 2012