The howling winds rage
Bending the backs of all those
Who get in it's way

Tree limbs held aloft
In a crazed mexican wave
They yield to wind's will.

Angry waters churn
Brilliant blue to gloomy grey
Smashing upon rocks.

Watching from windows,
Spare a moment's thought for those
Who reside outside

On a floating pier,
My legs are steady.
The rhythm of the sea
Settling and soothing.
The whistling wind
A sweet piccolo.
The tide may leave,
But always returns.
Home.

These eggshells weren't made for walking on.
Just be honest

These eggshells aren't for walking on
I'm a big girl with a heart
Be honest, tell it like it is
Though it might tear me apart.

Be honest. Never hem and haw,
Be honest, not aloof
Be honest as I'm crying,
Be honest. Tell the truth.

Just please don't beat around the bush,
I'll carry on when you are gone,
The eggshells may be broken
But they're not for walking on.
phil lindsey

A skull crushed.
Bone fragment splinters
On a page.
Bleeding ink
And breathing words.
The colossal weight
Of hopes and dreams
Upon reality
Unversed

On shattered dreams
And a broken past,
We build a solid future.
Only looking back
To see how far we've come.

We ushered in an era
Of technology,
And weep for the youth
Of today.
Knowledge at the touch
Of a keyboard,
With never-ending games
To play.
Pictures, so vile,
So readily available
To those with
A warped mind.
The ability to follow
The vulnerable;
To want, to hunt,
To find.
A curtain for bullies
To hide behind
And prey on the weak
And the lonely,
A place where the timid go
To find
Their one and only.
There's pros and cons
To this world of web
We live in.
But I still weep for the
Youth of today,
No more to be
Innocent children

Haunted eyes
And trembling hands.
History etched on broken skin.

I was the boss.
Emotions kept in check.
Tears shed only in solitude.
Tough as old boots.
No-one could break this ice queen.
Then she looked at me.
This tiny scrap of humanity.
And I crumbled.

They wander in darkness
With padlocked eyes,
They fill their ears
With sand and grit.
All they see are
The counterfeit representation
Of their warped imaginations
And all they hear
Is the gentle hum
Of blissful ignorance

A shattered illusion
of weeping beauty
lies upon the floor.
We can walk on it
'til our feet bleed,
or we can take the
broken pieces
and make a
kaleidoscope
of exquisite
symmetry

Give her a pool of water
And she would re-enact
The dying moments of narcissus.

Cover all the mirrors
That she may see
The ugliness within

She wrote his name
Amongst the stars
So heaven would know
She had found hin

A kiss,
As soft as a feather
Given freely
With no hidden agenda.

I'm the richest woman in the world

Deeper I fall
Down this well
With no water.
Darkness takes my hand
And fear kisses my lips.
Take my eyes,
I was blinded by sight.
Guile was not a coat I wore,
But innocence keeps
None warm.
I reach for one moment
Any moment.
Sanity is fleeting.

Bite my lip
Draw blood
A perfect red
On imperfect white
Pain
Within love
Arched backs
On flat sheets
A moment
In a lifetime
Of moments

Jealous
Funny
Moody
Loving
Sarcastic
Anxious
A Mother.
A lover.

Why must you break me down?
I'm greater than the sum of all my parts.

Sarcasm?
Really?
Ooooh fabulous!
I love sarcasm.

Evolved from apes?
We hide our treacherous deeds behind smiling faces.
Our leaders offer up promises worth
Their weight in air.
Our children are a future we're slowly but surely destroying.
We didn't evolve.
The apes just realized the jungle is safer

In the darkest
Of my dark nights
I looked upon
A cloudy sky
And saw just one star
Looking back.
Somewhere near or far
Someone mirrored
My actions
And I smiled.
Just one is just perfect.

She moves with
The grace of a panther
And is just as deadly

Stripped of your scarlet dress,
Naked before my eyes.

Your unblemished beauty
Unchanged but never the same.

Majestic in your unerring humility.
A constant in a tumultous world.

Wear what you choose
And wear it with pride.

You bring light to the dark.
What more could we ask for?

My pen is untrained
Uncultured
And uncouth.
If you came to read ballet
You'll be sorely disappointed.
It's more the dance
Of a young colt
Still trying to find her feet
Moving to a staccato rhythm.
No mellifluous flow
But a drum
With a dodgy beat

Sunlight streaming in
Making glorious dancers
Of dust in the air

There is a chandelier
Within my eyes
And only you can
Flick the switch

Love is not orchestrated,
It's a live session
Full of raw hope
And risky notes
Where mistakes are made
And harmonies
Can fall short
But the music
Is all the sweeter
Because of it.

The night is here again
I taste it on my tongue.
Sweet starlight burst
With an undertone of pain.
I wallow in my sorrow
And drown in selfish thoughts.
The sun's a distant memory
Of a never seen tomorrow.
Fill the brittle glass,
Bitter tears of regret.
Hold the memories close,
Living dead in the past.

A single spear of yellow
Whispers a promise
Of spring to come.
I long for light
To pierce the darkness of this forest,
To break this hibernation,
To bathe in a golden glow,
To see the world,
And I,
Reborn.

And now the
Sweetest voice
Is a whisper of an echo
Of a memory.
And pictures fade,
Muted colours of shame.
And the mind
Plays ***** tricks.
And the heart
Drowns in silent tears.

A summer lost
Between furtive glances
And stolen kisses.

A childhood lost
Between ***** bottles
And crumpled sheets.

A smile lost
Between expectation
And sad reality.

A heart lost
Between open highways
And setting suns.

I got lost
Within your soul.
I'm no longer missing

The night claimed you
for herself
The moon, it stole
your smile.
The stars borrowed
Your laugh.
And the sky wore
the midnight blue
of your eyes.
Dawn broke,
like a cane on the back.
And the morning wept.

If you've ever
known love,
you must have
Known pain

Non-refundable
Once in a lifetime offer
Please accept my love