The lumbering beast was great but gaunt
Bedraggled fur it could no longer flaunt
With uneven patches, like a vagabond’s coat
Though beggars would avoid a land so remote
In that vast desolation there are no alms
Even sensitive people seldom have qualms
Or care about the struggle to survive, day-to-day
Of these creatures whose habitat is so far away Continue reading “Unbearable”
Calling Altruistic Angels
Hello Angels! Are you there?
Please, send me a sign to show you care
Can’t you see how I’m confused?
Thoughts are jumbled, heart is bruised
Beneath the Gilt
Guilt corrodes
It dissolves
More than acid
Destroys resolve.
Wearing shame
Like a cloak of stone
While it whittles inside
Far deeper than bone. Continue reading “Beneath the Gilt”
Hole to Whole
I forgot that I was special
I forgot that I should speak
As I stumbled on the path
I lost track of what to seek
I forgot about the beautiful
And ugly inner child
That shrunk away, bewildered
From a world so cruel and wild Continue reading “Hole to Whole”