Remembrance

Explosive memories
is all you have
a day of devastation
and destruction

My calls to you
were to be my last
my tears that fell
that day
fell fast

Ruins now stand
where happiness once lived
of lives that were drastically taken
all now is forsaken

I tried to lie still
as they moved over us like the kill
please help me
i don't want to pay for their sins

Blackened hearts
who know no love
at all
we are separted so small

Ripped from the wombs
of our mothers
the ribs of our fathers
caged for your satisfaction

We will stand united
we will not falter
we will remember those
who are gone
from the greed of your gun

A mother, a daughter, a son, a father
an uncle, an auntie and cousins
a circle of friends
a family

Let our flags
fly high with pride
we will fight
the painted black

Scars

Assault of the mind
treasures for them to find
yesterday left behind
emptiness inside

Vulnerable isolated vessels
tortured for your cause
no time to stop
no time to pause

Escaping the here and now
like dogs in the wild
howling out the nothing
that exists

Performing your infliction
walls that cry tears
trying to break down
innocent calls

Praying for their loss
scars that will weep forever
no ones escapes
the blackened clouds

Cold are the hearts
encaged in rage
fires that will burn
a road of no return

Pulse

Inspiring her to drop it all
right there in front of him
left his lonely mind
isolated and wondering

Absolutely conscious
of all he knew
all he ever wanted
was a glimpse of her shoe

Ankles that wore
her tattoo well
perfect leg position
who could tell

Cigarette smoke
blew into the night air
strangers who had
crossed paths
 no one to judge them
no one to care

Eyes that devoured
flickering lights
mouth watering thoughts
hearts free
like kites

Smiles that awaken
something buried inside
no need to run
to need to hide

Chances that fall
like a deck of cards
gambling with
the cords of the heart

Pulling strings
making music together
muscles of excitement
ride the stormy weather

Survivors

Wasted lands
white chalked grounds
nothing exists
only emptiness

Survivors of the past
sounds that would pound and blast
words that want to be said
no one gets it
no gets paid

Battered tortured and bruised
hurt so deep
pain trapped inside
pushed in time
in waist steep

Dry throat
thirsty mouth
falling to the ground
dirt driven
moved over us like the kill

Hands that form
like a map of young men before
water falls to reach the lines
that meet each others existence

Ravenous

White covered images
leave ravenous mouth urging
thought provoking
wondering of inner beauty

Splashes of silhouette
yearning for more
much more
covering of canvass

Laid bare for all to see
patches of society
only eyes show
stretched branches

Luring imagination
pulsating body
scented stems
of velvet softness

Insight

Strangling arms
air held tight
no where to move
no room to fight

Clamping heart
shackles keeping us apart
torn by beauty
worn by maturity

Divided by the few
experience if only they knew
nature nurture
do not make me believe
for you are about deceive

Sound has catapulted
imagination of concentration
bound by
her spiritual eye

Shadows Past

Never feeling like an intruder in anyone's life, yet alone in her own. She stepped down off the last step and into her future. Gone were the days when frustration and puzzles filled her worn out mind. Kissing goodbye to the past and hello to the future. Everything seemed so bright.

'Time stands still for no one', she thought. Walking alone with her head held high nothing could phase her proud new self. Until she caught her own reflection in the a shop window. It was as tough time was standing still for ever. Taking her fingers to her face, she brushed her fingers along her cheeks. Slowly moving them down along her neck.  Confusion of who she was striving to be and once was, that person she left on the last step set in.  'Am I moving into someone else's life or my own?'.  Suddenly a tear rolled from her eye.  'I am finally seen myself for the first time in a long time'. Missing her old self , someone full of confidence and most of all happiness. Like an inner piece that cannot be explained.

A familiar smell wafted past her.  She caught a quick glimpse. A shadow stole her moment. Then a voice broke the silence of her thoughts.  ' I know you don't I?' 'Sorry she said'.  ' Do I know you?' 'We went for the same interview, but you got the job'. 'How is that job going now?' 'Oh I don't work there anymore'. 'Why what happened?' ' Nothing I just decided that I needed to live again'. 

'I remember you seemed so happy' . 'Happiness cannot be found in just one place'. ' It took me a lot of soul searching to figure that out'.  ' Are you happy now then?' 'I'm about to find out'.  Taking herself off on an adventure where she didn't know where it would take her. She seemed to be embracing herself, her new founded surroundings and an encounter with someone who was so much like the old her. But at the same time reminded her of the new her.

'Lasting impression is what I want to leave in my footprints in life'.  These were the last words spoken to the woman she had so much in common with. ' I hope you find what you are looking for'

' So do I, but if I don't well at least I will have fun trying'.