A Praying Man This

A soul that has come in search of forgiveness looks upon the scene before it and despairs of ever finding that consolation. What it sees is a tableau formed by a beautifully carved Jesus, a stained glass window depicting the stations of the cross lit by the dying sun, and a priest supplicated before both [...]

Sadness

It preys on those without,
Slowly attacking within,
With the covers of his bed drawn about
Him he looks ill and thin –
Sunken in a deep depression,
Society fades in the shade of recession.
The soul dwindles
As the fire poverty kindles
Burns him like misery in flames
Of prolonged obsession,
He’s forgotten all his friend’s names,
All of them just a faceless procession.
He slips [...]

PCP Lethal Injection

His gravity gets him down,
From his cage he’s looking out –
Trapped in a habit in another town,
In the vicious circle of the ring it’s another bout.
He steals because they deal in notes,
Resting on their opium floats
In their deep hulled cocaine boats,
Over the addict the dealer gloats –
Watching them slip into overdose,
Being careful not to get [...]

Blue Days Black Nights

I sit back and watch the
mill of the world
turn on its axis,
grinding life in its full circle,
crushed ears hear
bad old times and bad new times
just the same –
it’s fear
to blame.
On the back of the causal flow
we drift along, no need to row:
we either start to try
and make a stand,
or relax, drift through,
then curl up and [...]