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Declan Mills Jun 2015
Buddha’s at the bar
Skulling pints and starting fights
And causing war.

Gone too far.

His life isn’t real
It’s just a dream
Of those in need
Like you and me.

We’ve gone too far.

Sonar stones are thrown
Across a street
And running feet
Are running Home.

Homeless Bones.

Kids are telling fibs
About his nibs in No.3
Who never sleeps and lives alone.

Home alone.

Buddha’s makin’ sense
About the tense unhappy men
Who drink in bars
And write on walls and smokes cigars.

But we haven’t time
To clean and shine.
So up we get
And dodge our debts
And place our bets
And close our eyes.
All will be fine...
Hope it’s fine.
Estelle Dec 2018
You may think i'm innocent
I swear i'm not.
My heart is formed with black and skulling memories appear.

You may feel i'm innocent, from the bare downwards hell, which none man has perspired.
Little do you know, it's true.

I may think i'm tragic
The scars inside and out
i'm not.

Deep down I know i'm innocent, when it comes to heart, and bare skin.
Philip Lawrence Apr 2018
the park is broad,
a swath of land
with crisp playing fields,
and verdant hillsides,
and tortuous paths, and
split through the middle,
a spine of water,
and we walked those paths
and sat by the waterside,
and angled our sight
through the trees to glimpse
the skulling youth slice
through the cool water
in iridescent hulls,
and then we would up and run,
his pink tongue flopping joyously,
the sleek ebon coat a marvel
day after day, until he sickened,
and he waited patiently,
carried to riverside berth
to laze before the golden marsh grasses
and follow the osprey's search  
until the day cooled and there was
a whimper, a huff
before graying paws were lifted from earth,
chin nuzzled in appreciation,
until I walked that stone path alone,
as I do now,
as I have done for years,
and each day I wait for the
blue jays and the robins to quiet,
and the morning breeze to calm,
to hear the sounds of jostling stones,
old paw steps in tow,
and I smile at the path
that is bright again  
for I know he does not want me to walk alone
It is going to be rough
But who gives a crap
Sitting on the tree
Like a pile of sap
Making the world spin
Out of control
Boys play with toys
Girls play with dolls
Then a man came right up to me
And said mate why don’t come here
Sipping wine and skulling beer
That is the way of the world
Then the party dudes came
Into my house
And said it’s cool to party
More often than not
If you don’t party
You will shrivel up like a prune
Every day in the middle of June
Oh yeah goes yello sing us a song you see
Hot chocolate is tasty all over
The place, once you get your hot chocolate you add a marshmallow and sink down deep into the drink saying
Party, man
I wanna play some of that rock and roll music gotta get down and boogie as each tune plays loudly rock and roll is cool
As a kid I joined the d of e award scheme where I did meals on wheels and bushwalking through the michelago bushland
Sleeping on hard wooden floors and eating food off campfire stove and that was very cool
Cool cool very very cool
Getting down not breaking the rule moving around to avoid
Problems laughing out loud
To be heard from all of the crowd ooooooooh yeah kereoke
Andrea Jul 2020
Ink Blot

Unpacking inner landscapes gracious with colour
Skin, for Jesus-sake has become a pillar
One black, one white, the culture of two bones
Then skulling our mix, as the hound hones

Bring my note to the offices high in the land
And pockets so low you’d trip on your waistband
To hear what I heard in the canyon of divide
“I dived from the cliff I was born on” I replied

“This time for Africa!” I heard off in the distance
One broken leg, you’d understand my resistance
To reach the voice I pulled my whole body
What I saw there was a sight that shocked me

A man on a carpet keeping the peace
Plus a God in the sky for all to believe
I absorb with my eyes as the sounds heal me
I share in their food, their heart, and become a devotee

Strength lies in numbers, but dollars or heads?
If one voice speaks, is that what they said?
In the canyon I meet my own, but listen to be wise
If I say we are disrespecting the other culture, my group, is this lies?

— The End —