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Fireworks

Launch them into the skyRocket races up real highThen it detonatesRevealing its coloured flakes A firework with its boomSpectacle as people go wooThen another fliesThis display goes for miles Lighting up the dark nightThe colours seem limitlessHoping it never endsBut everything does descend The sparks soon fizzle outUntil there is nothing leftThen the display isContinue reading “Fireworks”

Shark

You see the blood in the waterI see the black of your eyesYou aim straight for a targetI won’t watch as you take your prize You linger in the darkI see your outline, starkYou feed off the confusedI can’t take the violence that follows You smell fear in the airI hope you’re not theirYou comeContinue reading “Shark”

Conflict

OK, now this is the first actual short story I’ll be posting. The previous five Wednesday’s posts have all been short snippets, where as this is a fully written piece. Not going to spoil any details about the plot (otherwise what is the point in reading it), but let’s just say there is a twistContinue reading “Conflict”

Passage

What is fear?What is love?Do you see the world above?Or are you stuck down belowWill you hope?Or don’t you knowAs the leaves fallAs the rains comeWill you just succumb?Pray for demonsPray for foolsPray that you never losePonder out your final daysBeg for time to go onRide the tideRide the wavesSettle for what you craveFor onceContinue reading “Passage”

Your Time

Spiral in an inverted plainCan you keep your mind serene?Clouds over a firey skyWith dreams of what could be Dancing in the dead nightParties are full of pure delightAs light rises beyondCan you still say you’re free? Another season in the canGrey hairs soon will comeWhere has the time goneSoon you’ll be another one WatchingContinue reading “Your Time”

Tricksters Fall

Hey! We’ve arrived at Wednesday, so that means its time for the last of the series of five related weekly posts (If you want any of the previous four here are the links: Souls In A Jar, Trapped In A Cage, Taste Of Your Own Medicine, Curiosity Kills). This didn’t take long at all. NextContinue reading “Tricksters Fall”

Wage

Make the fires blazeAs you focus your gazeFor the soldiers do marchWith their shielded hearts A clatter of steelAs they march for the sealThe flags flying highWith a true sense of pride The battle soon comesFields of blood be doneA clash for the oilsBut go the victor the spoils With enemy are routAnd gallons ofContinue reading “Wage”

Open Road

When the skies are black and you feel lostWill you search at any cost?The road less travelled might ease the painWith rolling clouds and pouring rainA great distance gone but still not doneTraversing continents without an endingSleeping under stary skies of inky blackEmbers spit until daylight Eons pass but still you roamThe open road isContinue reading “Open Road”

Curiosity Kills

And here lies the fourth “transcript” of the series (If you want any of the previous three entries, here are the links for Souls In A Jar, Trapped In A Cage and Taste Of Your Own Medicine). Can you tell I’m terrible at introductions? Anyway, here it is: Transcription/Lost Diary/Old Fathoms/Retelling/Don’t Pry: – Four (4):Continue reading “Curiosity Kills”

Inertia

I look to the sky and I wonder whyThe fleeting lives are forgotten aboutWe push and we bare the painBut eventually there will be nothingSo small and fragile is lifeBut still we squander all it deals outChildren crying and fighting for airFood rots and we give no careGods are victims in our nightmareAs we clingContinue reading “Inertia”