Would that these sounds inside my head stop, for the briefest of moments,
for if it was so that I could just hear your voice one more time,
I would listen like a child in incumbent solitude,  
as if to a mothers soothing voice,  
reading never ending stories,
and if time would hold back these autumn tears,
I would breath again, feeling the cold, crisp air enter my lungs as a soothing balm,
healing my wounds and making me whole.

© H V Swan

We condemn the fruits
of our putrid past,
straining the stench
of summer's last

Our passions forbidden
by the temptress soul,
love is blind
when given whole

Driven by lust
and greed and sin,
Envy takes over
now it begins

Deep in the soul
feeling it swell,
Its all but over
we are going to hell!!

Explicit
Bold
Terrifying
And scold

Disobey
Embarks
Runaway
The marks

Stand
Fall
Cry
Then crawl

Smack
Whip
Silence
No sit

Inside
Hurt
Pain
Singe, Burn

Belt
Switch
Cord
You *****!!

Father
Mother
Family
Don't bother

Fear
Lost
Blind
All cost

Delusions twist the righteous mind
seeking conscience never to find

Visions ascued by fields of deceit
staring blindly into a cowardly sheet

Subliminal signals cross my track
tripping my soul flat on its back

***** of confusion in the world is seen
transcending the ages time and again

Expecting peace but seeing the wars
We are losing this place, it's going the course!!

The sea calls out her name,
soft whispers hidden in the sound of the waves that gently break against the shore,
holding out my hand I touch the empty air,
it reaches back yet I feel nothing but the cold,
salt filled mist that swirls through my soul.


© H V Swan