The treatment of this
is a cold hard kiss,
a stinging slap in the face,
a blistering edge to trace.
Making no difficult decisions,
full of suppressing suspicions,
answers no longer there
even when stripped bare,
even though this weighs stones,
flabby, fatty flesh on bones.
The sun goes down
and smooth faces frown.
This whole existence
is not much more than a pittance,
crimes committed till the lights go out.
Then hidden under the covers there is nothing but doubt.

Earth turning, people changing -
Growing up.
Loss of innocence, purity
Childhood disappearing, gone forever.
Where is the safety net?
SUPRISE!
Shock, disbelief, horror -
No, no,
Go back, go back!
Colours bleeding, shapes scattering,
The present has broken down.
Can't cope, can't cope
Must go back to yesterday.
A whisper, a whimper, a shout -
An anguished cry:
"NO!
We're too young!"
Whirling imagination,
Shrinking away.
Screams echo through minds' passages,
Not enough space.
Walls closing in,
Not enough time.
Can't hide - trapped!
Rivers of tears,
Cowering, defenseless youth.
Can't escape, life is coming -
It's already here.
Terror, red and raw,
A roar with howling winds,
Stripped bare
Nothing but bones.
Teeth cut ****** ribbons,
Emotions bubbling, boiling, escaping -
FEAR!
Fear and a flash of flesh.

Not a new world,
Just a new hell.

I am not alone,
I am but one
Of close-knit family
Made up of brilliant souls,
White and light
Nothing but joy
Harmless and beautiful
Why are we crushed?
Left bleeding silver silk,
Left crying crystals.
But our bodies heal
While these souls,
Orbs of innocence and purity,
Never do.
We are but children
On this old, old earth,
The ever-loving, ever-turning parent,
For no time at all.
So why spoil it
With ugliness,
Lies, hurt, blood,
Wounds that are seen and
Wounds that are not.
I am not alone
And neither are you.
We are family,
We are one,
And I love you all.

Taken by love and the grave,
The tears always save
These small, separate worlds.

Taken by time and games,
Photographs with gilt frames
Turn memories into gold.

Taken by rain and the skies,
Songs are word to the unwise
That caution never wins.

Taken by beauty and sin,
Walls are built to let no one in
This small cave.

Taken by pain and loss,
Love is nailed to the cross
And left alone.

Taken by lust and despair,
Hearts cannot repair
The damage of floods.

Taken by you,
I scream 'til my lips turn blue
Because you never really looked.

Couples swirling all around me,
Twirling and gliding,
Pale gowns glittering –
My isolation lasts an eternity.
Caged in the centre of this circle,
I can only gaze,
At this shimmering haze –
Splashes of love made purple.
Straining to be free,
The diamond sparkle isn't real,
Their eyes don't reflect how I feel –
The curtain falls away and I can see.

She went away forever today
Far from her home
Her family left all alone
And she passed through fields of grey
The rivers of joy now run dry
The tears of sorrow flowing free
The ocean of grief as far as the eye can see
Her coffin is carried on the currents far away
We lowered her into the cold, hard ground
Her remembered smiles leave a lingering trace
Of a never-ending love so easy to place
A sense of solace is now shared, now found.