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

A Ghost

Her feet carried her down an empty street.
One she’d known from a time long ago
Her blank face told of a goal incomplete
But she was alone. None wanted to know
She looked up as she passed by my window
Empty eyes locking in for a stone gaze
But still they struck a wicked, painful blow
And long forgotten memories did raise
She knew me – but I had no time for her ways
She wanted to know – I walked to my doom
She offered hope but I left it ablaze
And still the empty eyes accuse. They fume.

Weight upon conscience and won’t go away
And tomorrow she will be back this way


14th December 2011

Chronicles of a Gamer (Michael Revisited)

I’m the one who walked with Link on his journey
The one Princess Zelda calls when danger nears
To Ganondorf I’m his constant enemy

I told Snake how to destroy the Metal Gears
Through me he found a sense of meaning in life
And we still meet regularly to drink some beers

I showed John Marston how to kill with a knife
With me he became a Legend of the West
And I got him back with his son and wife

I went with Commander Shepard – he’ll attest
I was with him through the Omega Relay
As everyone ‘round us gave their very best

I walked with Yuna every step of the way!
Got Ico and Yorda out of the fortress!
I’m that which makes Cyberdemons run away!

I got Samus Arun through planet Zebes!
Kefka, Loughain, M Bison, I did fracture!
Even Morrigan Aensland I did impress!

I got the Little Sisters out of Rapture!
I’ve faced down lines of relentless invaders!
Made friends with a wolf god and a space hamster!

I’ve been with Avalanche and Raynor’s Raiders!
When all’s gone to hell I’m the one they rely!
And I’m a friend of many a gun trader!

I’ve fought sand demons, zombies and colossi!
For I am the gamer and I’ve done it all
And in the eyes of my comrades, I’m their guy


12th December 2011