Night Demons

As I walk through the Hall of Worlds
I try not to get drawn into hell,
Walking a tightrope above these cursed souls,
They want to defile the well,
They want to defile the world.
Red demons burn my body with their flaming hands,
Sometimes even I must make a stand
And fight my way out of this pit.
This power is dangerous
I cannot practice for too long,
But having said my piece,
I must find the strength to move on,
But as with hells host and the rest of the most
There is no choice here but to be strong.

Dominic Winter (c)

Rambling Rave

caught in a maelstrom
I sit in stillness

to see sisters suffering
and begging brothers breaking

it goes on
as do drones
that kill children

my unreality
just doesn’t compare
with the viciousness
of ‘reality’

question it
the answers
bring up more
questions
Tangent followers
tie us up
in knots
drilling down so deep

down the rabbit hole

we exist within

a matrix of
power relations
agents and objects
complicit in our subjection
we are citizens freely exchanging
rights for ‘state protection’

from what?
for whom?

what is the truth?
Them? Us?
Who are they?
Who are we?
What lies
between
the lines
Purporting
to
be
truth?
this is dangerous writing
my thoughts
have ever been
considered malapropos
censored and shaped
towards more
appropriate themes

to explore them I
gamble more than
accusations of narcissism

I run the risk of
disappearing
once more

A quintessential Alice
caught in The Matrix
wandering The Labyrinth
In a Brave New World
meets 1984
Is it any wonder?
Through the Looking-Glass
She goes

vanishing into

INFINITY
every breath
is a death
and ordinary
revel in it
despair in it
this very
little life
is fitting
INFINITY

Atalanta Lloyd-Haynes

Just Him Again

As young and pretty I watched you grow
I hoped that time would help us know
We talked a little and fought a lot
But love was my basis for all thought
I hoped and dreamed of a life with joy
I never wanted your pain to deploy
I saw you grow before mine eyes
Time did flow to tell no lies
The joy I sought for you came so great
Your pain I saw but always too late
I tried and tried to close the gap
I begged for help or a small map
Entwined our lives from day till night
I’ll love you as always with all my might
We don’t talk as ought we should
I’ve become irrelevant as I felt I would
There is no pain so great as neglect
To one who has begged for better effect
I miss your “love” and your smile
I hope for a return in a short while
I’m here, as always, a steady pace
Hoping a hug and kiss to my face
The pain I feel is in my heart and mind
Or maybe the split is true and unkind
I have no choice for my love is complete
I just hope that time will bring us back to mete.

M. Pinnell