In a world of hurt
And a world of pain
All the things around
That we let, us drain
All the strife and famine
All the blood and war
On the news we see that
The death toll’s more
People harm each other
Woman, child and man
Destroy the land and oceans
Shorten their lifespan
When the world does crumble
At their feet
And they get ****** in
Suffer great defeat
Then they realise
That war was for naught
But it’s too late now
In the vice, they’re caught
And the cycle runs
People live in hate
The crimes go on
People call it ‘fate’
But should they notice
We’re all the same
It’d make you wonder
Why you maim
People of the past
Fought for *******
But now we ****
‘Cause of discrimination
We call it justice
Fighting for our land
As we hold the others’
Lives in our hand
And before you know it
You realise
The pointlessness
Illusionary disguise
Fighting can’t
Resolve our fears
Solve our problems
Bring back our peers
But once we learn
To get along
We’ll make new friends
Get past the wrong
For a better life
For our kids-to-come
We need to all
Stop acting dumb
Embrace the world
And all creation
Live together
As a solid nation
Help the needy
Defend the weak
Look after women
Not havoc wreak
Live together as one
As a body, united
And rise up high
Like the fire, lighted
When one is hurt
We all feel pain
And work together
Let mercy reign!

Followed from light
Into the shadows
Back from enclosure
Into the meadows
Only to find
That fire awaits
A 'light', indeed
But only to burn
The goodness to ash
Destroyer of lands
Disruptor or lives
Eating and feeding
'til nothing's left behind
To think that the shadows
I faced in the past
Were to be my downfall
Changed very fast
As slowly the realisation set in
That the shadows of flames
Were even more dim
Than the total removal
And absence of light
That took me to evil
That took me from right
And buried me 6 feet under -
Breathing, alive
I was rescued and saved then
But not this time
As the flames surround me
And draw in close
Envelop all things
That around me do grow
And move in slowly
Teasing, but wild
And burn just a little
One hair at a time
Destroying that which was once
Going to be mine
But I grew, knowing that
One day they'd come
A darkness more dark
Than dark itself
Possessed me
And ate me
And left me in pieces
Crumbling to ashes
Cinders
Nothing
Soulless
Unbound
Disembodied
Lost
Found­
Lost
Consumed
Evil
Lightened
By darkness
Raised
Lower
    into the ground

Poetry held your hand
led you gently

away from the crowd
and when alone

kissed your lips
passionately

and ran through the forest
merrily laughing.