I Let me tell you a story about jealousy: An emotion once all too dear to me, Never subject to courtesy – All of this is now all to clear to me. Recollected from the past As I grew into the future: I can say these things now Thanks to this most recent suture. II Jealousy [...]
Category Archives: Poetry
The Cliché-Killer (poem)
May 16, 2012 – 6:30 pm
What do you aim for? The short-, the mid- or the long term? I understand and empathise With meticulous planning, But luck has a clever way Of obscuring things from our eye. I often think too much And, angst-ridden, try to live A life in a day. But when I slow down And accept I’ll [...]
The Prognosis of a Passionate Man (Part VI) (poem)
May 14, 2012 – 8:00 pm
What am I trying to trace? I’m trying to dissect, Almost like the autopsy Of a living subject. A lot of words are said, A lot of rumour spoken So here I outline substance [...]
The Prognosis of a Passionate Man (Part V) (poem)
May 14, 2012 – 6:30 pm
I respect myself. I respect man And its ability to create and destroy. There’s evil and virtue in all of us – The good just have greater self-control. Long-term immorality is just a weakness. Violence is the outlet of the unfulfilled, Just a lack of authenticity — energy Thrown in the wrong directions. But though [...]
The Prognosis of a Passionate Man (Part IV) (poem)
May 13, 2012 – 8:00 pm
But this was learnt in the hardest way Through years of errors, Mistakes, and powerful consequences. The awful things I’ve done Have scarred us all, but I marvel at The tissue, and I remember the wounds: Caused by my own weaknesses. In short, All of my problems are my fault. I never used to blame [...]
The Prognosis of a Passionate Man (Part III) (poem)
May 13, 2012 – 6:30 pm
Though life is submissive to none A transcendental condition of Success is the belief that you Can handle the tests coming your way. Silent no longer, let me reveal – If you give up, or practise pessimism, You’ve already lost. [...]
The Prognosis of a Passionate Man (Part II) (poem)
May 12, 2012 – 8:00 pm
There are goals in the distance With sure lines of attack But chance in life is certain And for that there’s no track. So I move: first inside, then out In parallel parabolas Moved along by the current Of mortality. And pulled in myriad directions My head is pulled under, and The rapids disorientate even [...]
The Prognosis of a Passionate Man (Part I) (poem)
May 12, 2012 – 6:30 pm
It’s too hard to go back in time When you spend that dream currency – Life’s too slow, too narrow and too bleak When you’ve two houses and no home. With wealth in one place And none in the other How could I ever turn away From freedom to smothered? Ahead a panoramic of untold [...]
Silence’s Slave (poem)
May 11, 2012 – 6:30 pm
A man without a precious gift Does not deserve his air: The mind whose contents cannot shift Should stop, sit and beware: Though gods are lacking in their truth, No purpose is a curse. A man still in his blissful youth Must still the earth traverse. A year’s silence, time spent in wait Is broken [...]
Authenticity & Acquiescence (poem)
May 10, 2012 – 6:30 pm
‘Roses are red’, love is intense – We experience the same But we’re stuck with the name – ‘Love’ in itself is so oft over-used That it would take more than One man and one woman To show the world what I mean. But such originality is like a deep breath Of authenticity – [...]