Poetry Drafts

You were never a journey
Never my final destination,
Only the inevitable result of 
Purposeless procrastination

You were never my shining light
Never my lighthouse at night,
Only obscurity from studies of
Alternative application to life

You were never at a crossroads
Never knew 360 degrees of 
Oppressing options,  always on 
Clear roads with broken mirrors

You were never meant pillion ride
Never meant to feel the vibration,
Not once to discover my joy in life
Preventing the oncoming slaughter

You were never meant to be
Never meant for me, only too late
I found euphoria, the enlightened 
Mind of One 

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Your face distorted
battle-scarred without ever enlisting
waves of life showing others the passing of time
counted as inequality

The lens of time
cruelty beyond
measure 

Your face distorted
blue-lipped without a humane smile
a sneer of plastered disapproval 
the keyboard missing a joyful
key

The lens of time
cruelty beyond
measure 

Your face distorted,
soulless eyes and colours pulled by gravity
an auxiliary aurora borealis
setting beyond your
horizon

The lens of time
cruelty beyond
measure 

The lens of time
distorting
truth

The lens of time
distorting
life

The lens of time
distorting

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At the time of writing 
Ignorance was bliss,
I found myself blessed by
The Mistress of Dawntime,
Her embracing feathers &
Juvenile smile

At the time of reading
Ignorance all but rejected,
I found myself grasping for
The straws of crop circles,
The fringe across the forehead
An itching smirk

At the time of judgement
Ignorance long since purged,
I found myself unreachable,
The Mistress a mere memory,
The crops merely 
Weed 

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A starling darts towards a flaming light
A sun receives its concluding thoughts 
Why do I bother flapping these unused wings
Why do I bleed with an unseeming purpose 
Oh how I long to proclaim my legacy 
Oh how I wish to be that consequence
To spread my wings
To engender through thoughtful sins
To find once more my accompanying song
To feast around the fireplace of life

A starling darts towards a flaming light
Wings alight and screaming
The ultimate sin – fulfilled 

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Unchain me
Let me rediscover my capricious mind
To love or to hate in equal measures
Unchain me and – begone!

Unchain the path in hidden clouds
Too distant the memories of love
Too vague the shadows of hatred
Unchain me or yous will wither

Unchain the forgotten pastures
The striped shirt neatly pressed
A tie to bind and income to sustain
Unchain me now – or else...

Unchain me now then leave me be
Let me meander under fallen skies
Rage at the dying stars unloved
Unchain me now then watch me –

Rise 

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