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The Dogs of War
The dogs of war they still run wild; death’s stench from corpses neatly piled. There is no peace that can be won from battles fought ‘neath distant sun. No setting sun or break of day will keep the dogs of … Continue reading
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The Shadow
There’s a shadow that I know so well it follows me, it comes from Hell. It is my sins from days gone by but I can lose it if I try. It fills my mind when I feel low; that … Continue reading
On doom & joy.
Doom is just a state of mind; but one that most folk seem to find a product of our daily grind that sets our doom and joy apart for joy is deep within the heart; a feeling we must choose … Continue reading
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Freedom’s Beat
They sit in their towers and dictate their laws; the fascist right who expend us in wars. They tell us the way that our life should be; those self-styled kings – the scourge of the free. So long they have … Continue reading
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On religion
Life, if lived by many rules is mostly the domain of fools. There’s those who see life as a place where punishment is all we face. “We’re born in sin” their battle cry “Repent ye sinner, before you die” “Lest … Continue reading
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The Drums
Over all a shadow comes the rolling thunder is its drums. It beats the tune that is the fall; the opposite – the trumpets call will call from deep within the land something so mighty and so grand that Spirit … Continue reading
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On Lovers
She’s not a gentle lover and this I ought to know; she takes me where I need to be, not where I want to go. She leads me down no garden path but throws me into war then she sits … Continue reading
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By The Sea
I wander long beside the sea; the gentleness of waves. I wonder what their message is; mayhaps it’s one that saves. Or is it simply splish and splash; a never-ending-tale of water here before the start and which will never … Continue reading
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Ode To Flowers
‘Twould be a wonder if I knew exactly how each flower grew; how beauty unfolds from a seed is wisdom that we all do need. To be a flower; simply grow and then to let sweet nectar flow, To have … Continue reading
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The Gentleness
The gentleness within her heart; that gentleness is a Witching Art. The calmness welling from her soul is the very touch that makes me whole. It’s like our Spirits gently meld when in her Spirit my heart is held. She … Continue reading
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The Seeking
We searched so long for futures buried deep within our past; we knew that there were answers to the end now coming fast. We wandered worlds both far and wide with vistas long unseen; we walked upon those places where … Continue reading
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Fear
the thing that I fear is alway quite near but always unclear abhorred but held dear the vaguest of haunting perpetually daunting there’s shadows unseen of something unclean a thing violent and mean hid ‘mongst the green I know that … Continue reading
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Fate
If there is hope it hides itself well appearing instead as a future of Hell. Humanity walks on a road unknown and soon it will reap all that it has sown. So stand you though may for capitalist right; that … Continue reading
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My place by her side
I follow the beating of a heart long dead, the rhythm of its beat echoes in my head. Her Spirit is pure, her Spirit is strong and it’s on her path that I belong. I stray sometimes out into the … Continue reading
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The Flow
I stand by the water watching it swiftly flow as I quietly wonder “Where does my life’s stream go?” When I find the answer to questions I may see I watch its direction changing; another way to be. Then again … Continue reading
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