Heartbeat
Can you hear it?
Deep within
The slow steady pulsing
Can you feel it?
The stately passage of time
Infinitely slow, yet indescribably fast
Do you remember?
How fleeting that moment was
As you touched my cheek
And do you recall?
The length of the aching moments
When we thought wed lost it all
Will you dance with me again?
On that razors edge
Between now and then
Will you sing to me softly?
To cover that tolling bell
And make each moment count
can you hold my hand in yours?
And never let go
Protecting me against the cold
Will we hear it together or alone?
that beat counting out lives
In the twin coins of regrets

who are you?
You ask…..you with the tear reddened eyes
You who wrap yourself around me
Feeling the chill of my hands on your body
The poison of my kiss
Seeping deep within you
Learning slowly to welcome the hardness that I bring
Your heart as cold and grey as stone in my arctic embrace
Turning your eyes to cold ice, and armouring you with indifference
Who am I?
I am the sound of a train whistle in the depths of an endless nite
When youre lost and so far from home
I'm the anguished howl of a dog, crying its loss to the world
I am the memory of that loved face……..forever lost
I'm the chill wind that blows from the future, bleak and cold
I was there when they cut you from your mother
And I will be there when you part this world
I am singular
I am deaths dark lover
I am the sister of Despair
I am Loneliness
And you, child
You are mine

The Gentleness of Despair
She sings“hush now child
you who sob so brokenly
your eyes red and swollen
you whose heart and soul is reviled

you whose fingers grope
to find some anchor in the dark
whose soul is bewildered
who has lost the spark of hope

listen to me sing so soft
let my voice soothe your fears
remember how this was?
Before everything was lost

Let me cover you in nothing
Let the silence balm your wounds
Ill keep you safe from harm
Tho it means I must clip your wings

Youll never taste the heat of the sun
Or be like Icaurus and fly
But you never fall and break youself
Your heart will never be undone

So stay here with me little one
Stay safe and away from danger
Here in the soothing dark
Away from the burning sun”

So runs despairs siren song
Every day I hear her whisper
I'm starting to wonder
Whether she really is wrong