My life
A man,A life,An emptinessA realityOf painEndlessYearningEndlessDesireEndlessLonelinessEndless VoidDeadly harbingerMessenger Of the dark, darkSoulWithin
Untitled – 2000
Across the plain the pilgrims comeGod’s mercy to receiveBefore them majestic liesCathedral, mystic placeMan builtA house of wonder and prayerOf
Slow silent flows the river
Slow silent flows the riverPast willow, rush and grassMountain bornSnow fedAged nowSilt ladenMeandering, turgidGiving of its beingAs it passesHeading onwardsTowards
Unhinged the Night
UnhingedThe nightFull fearDark dreamsBlackForebodingGhostsMemoriesHaunting me,Hunting meAnd I runFleeingFrom these miseriesAwayFar, far away
Grey Atlantic Dawn
Waves upon the wilding coastFar flung spume of grey AtlanticScudding clouds, dark in furyOver headland pass in hasteI stand aloneAnd
Sad run my thoughts
A deathTragicUnnecessaryCame to my viewOn the televisionThe other dayA personAloneHad ceased to beAnd I cried
At the grave of James Hogg, The Ettrick Shepherd
Silent stone word carvedBy church and heathSays so littleOf the soul that liesUnder turfAnd skyWhat spark was litFrom that mortal
View from a window
Sun settingBehind hills of brownCrows flyCrows cryBeneath greying cloudsThe old shepherds roadLies empty nowA home for thistleAnd heatherAnd memoriesA burn