Lies were her truths , she couldn't deny
To annihilate them bore a price far too high
The absence of fibs would destroy her lips
The honest silence would consume her scripts


To tell what is was to break the norm
Shatter her comfort, finally face the storm
No, shielding herself was her best defence
Never face what's real only suffer the expense


Sapling white lies she nourished grand deception
No slight glittering truth for visual perception
I assume she believed the cloak's easier to wear
Despite the thousands of pounds, she'd sooner tear


"Who is she?" "Why?" you ask, i wish i could know
She'd never revealed what was buried far below

Dear Children of overwhelming love:

Breathers of Breaths

Thinkers of Thoughts

Dreamers of Dreams



You're on the edge about to fall

It's a selfish place we call home

No one cares to see your tears

In your pain, you walk alone



Heavily laden with dreadful burdens

Will there ever be respite?

Or someone to carry your yoke

Impossible in the darkest of nights


Pull your hair to feel fresh pain

Go to sleep and never awake

If only your mind knew these thoughts

Put a precious life at stake


You run, you run though your body aches

No escape though you scream

In your mind; the only possible end

Or so it would seem...


Your broken hearts break hearts

Surely you know this to be true

Don't become just a number

When there are great plans and dreams for you



They may be clouded, they may be lost

But if you search you will find

Strongest of fighters, Pioneers

Most beautiful soul and mind



So children of overwhelming love please:



Love to Breathe

Love to Think

Love to Dream

And Love to Live

It's the risk we choose to take everyday

We believe in our legs to support our weight as we rise each morning
That the water will miraculously flow with the simple twist of the wrist
That the time is kept safe within it's plastic casing, hoping it doesn't deceive

But it is easily broken, imperfectly repaired.

We hope our blood doesn't reveal itself on our face when we'd otherwise hide
That our mouths will keep the secrets of our hearts sacred
That the investments we lovingly place on others won't bankrupt us

But it's easily lost, never fully rediscovered.

And yet it's the risk we willingly choose to take.

Today was the very day

I chose to run away

I slung up my bindle

Believed my courage wouldn't dwindle

Aimlessly cementing my track

Too proud to dare look back

But into the forest there lay

Thieves and Monsters i feared to slay

Roaming in unbound darkness with no light

Countless falls and wounds in my plight

By the time i had sense to turn 'round

I was alone but for foreign ground

"If in hell, just keep going"

Much easier said then knowing

Yet onward i went, forced to trudge

Through the mess, the grime, the sludge

Can't turn back so just go ahead

Ignoring the pain of my feet though they bled

I journeyed then, I journey still

Learning to live, be happy with my fill

Onwards i go; find or be found

Though i doubt I'm ever homeward bound

I hope to be found, i still believe

If only i hadn't been so **** naive

The butterflies are restless once again.

They've forced my heart to my throat, making room to flutter.

The words so clear in my mind, foaming over the glass ready to spill.

Too much to let go. But No.



My knees suddenly have no muscular support.

I'll fall, will it cascade out then?

My hands are releasing their tears, at least no one can feel.

So much to whisper. But No.



Each word i read makes me gulp. Breath caught.

Will i breathe again?

The world seems brighter than it did before. Impossible.

So much not seen. Too much to discover. But No.

Everyday I am always here, always oh so near

In the shadows, in the cold, in the heat and in the mould

Never ceasing to see you with pure adoration, waiting for your consideration

A permanent smile, a witty remark, yet you turn off the light leaving me in the dark

The seasons changed and so did you, but never me, i always stayed true.

I wear a pain you just can't see, i shouldn't be surprised since you never see me

I endure, i endure to what end? Can i truly call you a friend?



One Day i will falter to be your support and I'll realise that i will always fall short

Whether i smile or laugh or cry or dance or sing or die

To you i mean little in the grand scheme even when you were my one and only dream

I'll lift myself from the hook in your wall, you won't regard me down the hall

And out the door i will finally be free, realising for the first time that is how it should be

I'll see the sun shine anew, never thought i would be able without you

The breeze will reassure me of my choice and someone else will hear and understand my voice



No more ME to depend upon, you'll only know what you had when it's gone.

Fingers scraping powder as they screech down the dark chalkboard.

The slight creak of floor boards in your, apparently, empty, dark house

The earsplitting call of a speeding ambulance siren, here then gone

The unbearable rasp of a page as your finger smudges upon the turning.

Ice rushing to reach your lower back when slipped through the top of your shirt.

The impact of an unseen friend's hands, suddenly, alighting on your shoulders.

The realisation that you had an audience to the song you'd just sung with reckless abandon.

Your body slithering as a chill swiftly travels from the nape of your neck to the hollow of your back.

A spoonful of steaming soup down your throat when outside is frozen by winter's zeal.

The accidental, yet not unwelcomed, graze of a hand belonging to a different and unfamiliar body.

That one sweet-sounding lullaby, with too many plays, as it reaches the awaited crescendo.

The unexpected sight of him in a setting you knew well, suddenly foreign.

Caught breath but lungs still full.
Heart thumping yet stopped.
Shivers down your spine, only you can feel.