a moment lasts a life time
as it echoes through the mind

flash backs are forever
keeping us confined

a sound, a shadow
a touch or smell

instantly transports you
back to that living hell

a memory from nowhere
tears upon the cheek

cursing at the lack of strength
at why you feel so weak

a moment lasts a life time
with a memory from hell

even when you know your safe
your reactions always tell

the beach

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The Beach

Stepping out… on to the shifting sands

As the grains move beneath my feet

Wind whispers restlessly

As grasses bow to greet

Ever changing moving on

Nothing stays the same

Lost anchor’s wash on to rocky shore

White horses crashing down again

Salt lie thick within the air

Encrusts upon salted cheek

Climbing ever higher on crumbling cliff

as ragged breath falters... at finding that of which I seek

ALL HALLOWS EVE

ALL HALLOWS EVE

As nights dark veil draws across the land

Your life’s timer runs out of rushing sand

All that crawl, or creep, or fly

Are aiming for your soul, as night goes bye

Night’s dark creatures that feast on fear

Preying on terror and a child's tear

Arise the dead and all celebrate

Devour the living till your hunger does abate

Flaccid, festering, flesh hangs incomplete

As decayed, animated corpses shuffle on rotting feet

Their foul putrid stench fills your lungs full

Tonight is the night for the dead to rule

As they seek to find you their prey

Will you make it to another day?

Hide with your covers tight over your head

If you think that will stop the advance of the dead

If they don’t succeed in feasting on your soul

Other night’s creatures might eat you whole

As hell erupts for this night alone

Are you safe hiding in your home?

“Come forth terror

Come forth fear

Come forth anarchy

Its that time of year

Bring death

Bring fetid breath

Bring pestilence and poison

Bring unrest”

Vampires, ghosts, ghouls, complete

Werewolf’s, zombies, hells hounds to meet

Witches warlocks secure to walk the land

Marching with the will of the devils hand

All screaming and searching for your soul alone

Do you really think they wont visit your home?

They hunger for your company

To tear you between them to have you for tea

so

first off

apologies for not participating last week those of you that read im sure will realise why

on to this week

unresolved with those involved

conflicted emotions, a love long dissolved

an unmourned death

a passing unremarked

no regrets from yesterday

no tears within the dark

no one knew nor noticed

non cared or cried

an absence marked by mere relief

no one knew that he had died

the death of a tyrant

his hold now long forgot

his only mark upon the planet

was the damage that he wrought

compelled to control

he drove them all away

his final companions ?

the mere shadows of yesterday

One Stop Wednesday

Once a boy upon my knee

I saw the man that you could be

Full of hopes and dreams that could

Full of promise, of things that should

But now i watch as you march away

and gone is the child of yesterday

Head held high, the past is done

A salute to the man my son has become

On Who D.I.D It

merging mentality's

what once was two shall now be one

dark shadows flee from the rising sun

new light of day chases the past away

what was once was beat... now shalt not stay

dissipate to reassimilate... tasks are shared between

discarded chore now cast ashore.. before the shade is seen

the last resolve before dissolve.... an echo in the breeze

lost part... with in the dark.. theres more thats left unseen

a new beginning with a brand new day

a debt indebted will now be repaid

what once was taken shall remain undone

a new view revealed with the rising sun

a part of me... did die today

but we knew that part just could not stay

an echo in the breeze of last resolve

till job is done then too dissolve

dissipate to reassimilate... tasks are shared between

discarded chore now cast ashore.. before the shade is seen

the last resolve before dissolve.... an echo in the breeze

a thousand fold... more tales told... a truth half heard to tease

do unto others as they would do unto you

this lesson taught well to a shaded fool

past commitments must be up held

but for future the lessons learned well

a guarded moment changed in time

many a hidden word warped in twisted rhyme

who to the message ? who to the spell ?

lost meaning to the blind fool who will never tell

dissipate to reassimilate... tasks are shared between

discarded chore now cast ashore.. before the shade is seen

the last resolve before dissolve.... an echo in the breeze

more to thought... than lessons taught... and more that words can mean

looking glass

take a look into the looking glass

with in a moment

you are there

as the dark dank tunnel tumble’s you,

within the darkness

feel the terror feel the tear

torn too with fascination

split by fear and dread

dead paths revealed before you

as you wonder where they led

theres one traveled trail of gravel

this path pulls to draw you on

one real resolution

to find out what has gone

through bramble that grasp the glowing orb

as they strangling out its light

barbed fingers clutching, cutting flesh

as roots sternly seek

to clasp you tight

onward over boundless cavern wide

spanned by slender, fragile rope

can it bear this extra weight?

can you risk to hope?

darkness flys around you

as you seek safe sanctuary

will you find that peace of mind?

or merely stark insanity?

through slender hall

with grasping hands

make small yourself and speed

they reach without despairing bars

upon your soul they’ll feed

the open space of desolate

fear flys in dark’s disguise

souls shrieking sorrow creeping

hunting ...waiting

till the prey is once espied

hunting as you run for cover

a tower looms up high

locked door and pitted walls

for cover you must climb

howling figures dive

as the you strive to reach the top

whispers in you frozen ears

that urge you now to drop

aloft a window hope’s a fire

as you stumble through the aperture

no going back now for what you see

you wanted answers?

what could it be?

alone a maiden sprawled on her bed

lifeless

is she dead?

a mirror affixed the door

fragment reflections upon the floor

a fist a belt a shoe ?

who broke this mirror ?

was it you ?

did sharp words reverberate?

was it more than it could take?

besides the mirror a trail of blood

each piece fragment caused a cut

can you see into the shards ?

do you know now where you are ?

CAN YOU SEE INTO THE SHARDS ?

DARE YOU LOOK FROM WHERE YOU ARE ?

now take a look into the looking glass

any piece but have a care

take a looking within the looking glass

in a moment you are there

but as you walk within the shadows

as you feel reality tear

can you escape the looking glass

or are you trapped in there

deeper and deeper

can you escape in time

take a look into the looking glass

welcome to my mind

wall of sound

Fight the over whelming noise pounding at your head

Trying hard to decipher anything that’s said

Unable to tolerate the wall of sound

As you fight the chaos attacking you from all around

You feel you stand alone merely tolerated by those so near

No aspect of you links you to others you hold so dear

Your mind throws slanderous thoughts around in to your mind

A candidate for loneliness your own company all you find

Extracted from life… a walking carcass all that’s left

Thoughts blend with reality… a heart that feels bereft

Echoing sound… silence all around… the words in your head pound

No peace no quiet no solace to be found

fragmented reality

Shattered fragments fall… onto the rocky ground

Piecemeal reflections… shinning back… at the tearful clown

A myriad of mockery …

a distorted smile… is shown

No one to see the jester smile… shows over…

he’s all alone

Mirrored desolation … Casts back the memories to the blackened soul

Faded hopes of yesterday…many a failed goal

Lost laughter wars… with faded dreams

The ghost of things… that could have been

Smile painted in broad cast beam

Nothing… ever… as it would seem

Tears mar painted false facade

Wash the grease paint… smile’s fade

Mirrored shard… held tight in grasp

Blood washes present… heals the past

Scar the marred fragmented soul

Let pain of body… hide pain of soul

Lost in a world of distorted view

Hidden from most but the chosen few

who

Peace? … natural sedation?

Loss of concentration?

Am I loosing my mind?

Look into the blank eyes what do you find?

Loosing reason… cohesion

No thought or exertion

Slowly slipping away

Or allowing sanity to stay?

Fragmented thoughts

Feelings distraught

Abstract reality

Is this the real me?

Confused… bemused

Feel lost and used

What is peace of mind?

Is it something I can find?

Thought…dancing in my head

To fast to be read

Is this insanity?

Could it be the real me

Who am I?

What am I?

Where am I?

Why am I?

Alone I cry

Am I just an empty shell?

To selfish to tell?

To lazy to heal?

To scared to feel?

Damaged merchandise?

Dead dull eyes?

No completion

Permanent deletion

Chase friends away

Deserving non-to stay

Isolation?

Natural sedation?

Self-destruct

Disrupt

Why?

Who am I?

who am i

Who am I? … I am no one just a cold dead frozen heart

What am I? … I am nothing but a shadow in the dark

Where am I? … I am every where and confined to the pits of hell

Why am I? … I am the balance… I live so you are well

When am I? … I am all time … my being echo’s through the past

How am I? … I was created from a demons last repast

How can I? … My soul kills and perishes those I hold so dear

I take away your anguish I take away your fear

How long will I? … For all of hells bitter sweet eternity

I am nothing I am no one I am poison this shadow which you see