Each night

21/03/2021 – Poem a Day Compilation



Each night

I look up

Out the window

At stars

And the moon

And the infinite black



I see

Lost civilizations

Forgotten people

Born and gone

Before our eyes

Without our knowing



The tremor

Of a planet

It’s heart

Spewing forth

Destroying itself

From the inside



The twinkle

In the distance

Of a world

Undisturbed

And at peace

For millennia

The Madness

18/07/2020 –  Poem a Day Compilation


As the walls closed in

And the darkness fell

The sounds of the night

Crept into her ears

Her hands clamping about her head

Holding in what sanity remained

Against the screeches and screams

From beyond the brick walls

Of this lonely and lonesome place

From which there was no escape,

No distraction and no respite

Despite the frenzy of prayers

In this godforsaken place

To a non-existent deity

For a freedom that will never come

When lunacy takes hold of those

Who stand outside the door

That they no longer understand

What is right and wrong

And buy into the hysteria

Of the latest fad treatments

With no thought of the consequences

Of testing procedures on the manic

Without their permission

Or even their knowledge

Hidden from scrutiny by demented laws

Serving a master as unsound of mind

As those incarcerated in psychiatric wards

For indeterminate periods of time

Under the auspices of mental health

A true derangement of a system

Meant to protect the world from the insane

And the depressed from themselves

While the unstable run the asylum 

Which makes the rest of us mad.

Night Time

22/04/2020 - Iso Poetry Compilation



The night is very different now

It wraps around me as a warm embrace,

Not cold and unfeeling as it once was,

And protects me from the day.



Under its velveted expanse

I soak in knowledge and wisdom,

Transported to distant places

By unfamiliar faces.



Where once the shadows frightened

They cradle me to sleep;

And far off lights twinkle joyously

To lead me on my way.