I put down my pen, my creature is finished,
It has come to life before my eyes,
Its metaphors swing restlessly,
Its similes gaze malevolently,
It moans heavily, awake from its slumber,
I am shocked and appalled and flee,

I fear the thought of it loose on the world,
Wretched creature formed from my evils,
I put it out of its misery,
Realising it could not survive the onslaught of man,
Now it rests in the ashes of my fireplace.

Nuzzling a hand around your ear
For I fear misinterpretation
My words travel a severe distance to your mind
Being mangled by knowledge and mood
Innumerable variants in your atmosphere

They climb the mountain traverse the bend
Around the noise from the colliding friends
Nearly fall due to mighty winds
Placing there pick on your ears end

Scrawling through the cave where monsters live
Scawled by dragon and stabbed by spike
Plummet through a giant sieve
Bloodied and battered the snowy peak in sight
Hoping to flash images in your mind’s eye,
They’ve been tainted and destroyed
Your constructed lies.

Latching the guitar
Treating her so bad
Not realising what he had
Nor understanding
But frustrating
Imprisoning

Tightened the strings
Tried to scratch on his name
She didn’t give way
Stood up
Walked away
Left him in the mud

Running through darkness
Emerging hands from dirt
Grabbing groping
In their graveyard of ambition
But failed to grasp her music
All her beautiful notes


The path I’d taken
Left my heart forsaken
Like her I was breaking
We met on this road
Looking with vanity
So nice to see
Naïve for not realising
What we could be

Glancing at me
Her strings like a palette
Made me smile with glee
The music she played
Was in my heart too
I wanted her with me
So I plead

We can see the world together
I won’t hold you with a tether
Please just rest upon my back
You’ve spent too long on that rack
Life is simple by this way
For I will tune you every day
If your string shall ever break
A new one with my voice I’ll make

You were always the same
In everyone’s eyes
But what’s perceived is different
To me you’re perfect
Each string is beautiful
From the highest chord
To the softest strum
Each makes my heart jump.

You keep running ahead
I fall on my knees
Leeches ******* my peace
Keeping me here
Feeling tiny blades
Sticking into me

You keep running ahead
I sink in a swamp
Devoured by self pity
By countless failings
Scratches cuts bumps
Infected by mud

You stare back
Querying me
Tears drip down
As I wade towards you
The pain unbearable
I’ll never be with you