The pretentious prattlings of a piss poor poet
Tag: Sadness
I Walk A Lonely Path
From nothing I came And to nothing will I return Between these an eternal agony of existing Bearing me onward Towards oblivion A nobody I was A nobody I will be Lost in this wilderness of being Reminding me always Of my failure Born nowhere I will die nowhere Alone along many paths have I stumbled Unguided, unknown Unwanted
16/03/2021
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Traitor
I am a traitor to my race.
I have betrayed their trust.
Because they are a people of hate
And I a person of love.
They wanted me to hate
Hate my fellow man.
And yet I love you
And thus conspired against mankind.
When will they find me
And expose me for what I am?
But yet I cannot hate you
No matter what they do.
And are you also a betrayer
Or are you just like them?
Oh, I'll give my love to you
But will you do the same thing too?
13/01/1990
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So many dreams have died
So many dreams have died In my heart And now another Of you How much more heartache must I take Before I die? What new pains Must I learn Before the darkness? Let me retire from this life's race Defeated and forgotten Torment me not with stark remembrances Of what could not be Persecute not this weary soul With hateful voices
03/08/1992
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Alone
Tomorrow brings another day Alone, world weary, without hope. My cares lie heavy, My thoughts in turmoil, torment me. Another day without you I suffer. My sorrow fills my aching heart. My cup of loneliness overflows. I call out your name, Silence answers me, It's repression surrounds me, Darkness enfolds me, In the distance a light I see, Could it be my salvation?
15/05/1990
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I am just
I am just a simple man, A man who doesn't always say the right thing, Who doesn't always know the right thing to do. A man who cannot always express himself Like a gifted speaker Who sometimes stops And starts when saying something. Whose words sometimes like torrents flow forth. A man whose emotions sometimes overwhelm him And then like a fool degrades himself Before those for whom he cares And forever he then carries a burden of guilt Of some imagined wrong. I am just a stupid man, Who doesn't always see that someone cares. Who feels a numbness for the outside world, And an emptiness within. Who doesn't believe that love exists, For him, only others. Never for methat simple happiness Of love requited. I am just a wanting man, Crying out for someone to care. A lonely voice it seems to me, For no-one answers. Am I alone? And you, will you heed my call? Please.
15/05/1990
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Cause of Anguish
Colours run through my mind Lights, shapes, memories Are all I have now Of a once complete consciousness Stability no longer exists Since she came At once my mind became restless Until it became divided My soul stretched out to her My shyness fought against nature My actions were no longer mine My thoughts were confused I knew it would happen For me loneliness evermore But my mind cannot endure it Please, please help...
30/04/1978
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Darkness
A million more breaths to breathe, my friend, Before you die. A weary life you lead In a shattered, scattered shell. The yearning ceased long ago. Now only an empty, dull ache And darkness Always darkness.
13/01/1990
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Ground Zero
What did they feel I wonder? As they were swept away on that hideous wave. That same wave that so terribly burnt the names Hiroshima and Nagasaki Into our dull consciousness. Were they afraid, did they feel terror In those few seconds? Did they think on their loved ones, Did they know they were going to die, Or were they just living their ordinary lives? Were the children playing in the streets? Were the mothers shopping, washing, talking? Were the fathers working as they had always done? Did they have brothers I wonder Fighting at the front? So many died in that instant, in that twinkling of an eye, All on the orders of a solitary man so far away. And so many of the undead Suffered so terribly. Was it worth it? And now so many years later What lessons have we learnt? Could it ever happen again? Will so many people die so needlessly Or can we learn to live in peace?
13/01/1990
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An ending we have in darkness
An ending we have in darkness
And a beginning.
'Twixt these
An emptiness of pain.
02/05/1992
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