tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9388993345006814392024-03-12T19:53:02.209-07:00A Room Full of ShadowsCopyright: Victoria TrentRoomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-6404703323259738092011-12-02T01:56:00.000-08:002011-12-02T02:05:09.295-08:00To Have and To Hold<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I know the face of your watch is more attractive than mine,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I want to turn to you, but you move, aloof,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Like a cat,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Open that space between us.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">No, not us. You and me.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Just me,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Storm out - that tempest will maroon you on this island of my disdain.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And when you are washed up,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">They will pull you to pieces for never taking what I was so willing to give</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You were in sickness,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I was in health,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I tried to have,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I tried to hold</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For as long as we both should live.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-22519043272503874522008-09-21T10:07:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:29:30.403-08:00Negative to Live<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You bleach and preach</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In uniformed lines they stagger and fall</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The insane they love, on the 'mighty' they call</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fluttering butterflies of paper notes to loved ones</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Melting words in puddles of stagnant apathy.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A sterilised germ cell family smile to see</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Arian pure hospital corridors</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And electric fences of latent anti love</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Echoed cries and shattering bullts pierce the peace perfecting conformity</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Oh strike those hearts and fly a flag</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In blocks of racism and a rally standing proud.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Don't allow the pink or the yellow,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">No stars or triangles- only Christ's cross.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Skewed and bloodstained ideology</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rubberstamped on minds and voices</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A total breath of one and the stopping of a million others goes on.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To deny would to lie- to remember is to suffer</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But to forgive is to forget- as it could never be.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Snow white justice for all to see was paraded in streets</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As down below in the basement cellar</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fear reigned and tortured and knew</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It creeped and controlled,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It came and made sure it never went.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-3092940389608316092008-09-21T10:05:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:33:13.083-08:00The Door is Ajar<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A veteran quiet and calm</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And a dignified silence swallows us all</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We will remember him.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A memory once spoken and caught,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In the winds of time will live on forever.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rejoicing over a presence at Christmas</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">That became a tradition.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Family photographs of tinsel and turkey</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And even though the next photo may not contain the same,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The gap will not turn into a void</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He has left our lives but not our hearts</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And each flurried frenzy of wrapping </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And tearing to find the jewel beneath</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Will be watched,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But not from the armchair in the corner</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But from a place where he waits in perfect bliss;</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Whole and new </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And remembering us just as fondly.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-65572881600902700982008-09-21T10:03:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:33:31.452-08:00Bedrooms<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">You're my open door</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and my closed curtains.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Get up, come back, smile</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Closs your eyes and kiss the shadows.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-78916437333005005062008-09-21T10:00:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:33:47.417-08:00Gone<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Illicitly complicit,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I stare as you start,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I wander and wonder at your tenacity, audacity</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Head held high, arms spread wide,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A knowing grin,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Showing sin</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A click of the fingers</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And a tap of the foot,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Elsewhere</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">All that's left of you is a wink I blink</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">it's air.. light white, without a care air.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The prison chamber echoes with your frown.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-31729738124726271352008-09-21T09:57:00.001-07:002011-12-01T12:34:04.266-08:00Moonshine<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Watch the moon</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Watch the stars</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lets gaze on rays that raise the sound of happiness</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Golden bright golden light</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pure azure lazy hazy sky</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Noiselessly the summer swallow flies.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The distance. Paper feathers, burnished floors</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fiery collage, fired canvas,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shedding skin, trees tremble in the biting breeze.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-83179224695893327342008-09-21T09:50:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:35:11.669-08:00Moved<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pillars and posts aren't really my thing</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I wanted to be your life</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Not placed on the curb and staring in.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is not how I pictured idyllic,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Your perception is a little faded</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Your watery smile somewhat jaded,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A missed call fractures air</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cold text words don't prove you care.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thank you colon bracket</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I know you're less than three</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And it wasn't ever truly me.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Painted I fainted from oxygen starvation</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But from your mouth the actual flow ceased.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The dead batteries mean rest I in peace.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-6896191706188660832008-09-21T09:43:00.000-07:002011-12-02T01:50:09.305-08:00Sunrise Sunset<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To hear the kiss of a pink silk sheet</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Slide slowly across sullen taffeta skies</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And understand the russet murmur</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Of a parted leaf dejectedly falling</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Look upon the glowing smile of the spreading stain of sundown</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And close your eyes, confronted with a cacophony of silence...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Whilst the mistress breeze plays a tantalising game</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The radiator groans with energy you do not possess</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Part heavy linen and leaden lids.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Frozen footfalls echo patience discovered anew.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Brand this day your own;</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Smile a scarf around the shivering dawn.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-22608520243270600622008-09-21T09:36:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:35:57.159-08:00Your Smile Is The Greatest Message<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It started with a kiss </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">That echoed through the days</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Each time the first and never, ever to be the last.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I soghed with longing,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Now I sigh with love. Naturally,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I'm a puzzle finnaly complete.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Don't stop falling </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But if you do I will catch you,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">On elast time to lookinto my eyes,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I won't drop you, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I'm strong enough to carry us both the distance,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Stay with me for the jourmey,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I have never been so excited.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-12367522530249045972007-10-17T11:21:00.000-07:002011-12-02T01:51:31.936-08:00Doppelganger<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The person and the shadow</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The whole lover; half friend</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Death and dark destruction</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gliding on noiselss feet</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Featurelessly watches the helpless</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Smiling on its lips imagined</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">To be one you must be two.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A dark side</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A light side</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A black side to smudge the white side</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Remember:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Your shadow is most clear when the sun shines.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-76992855603734338662007-08-07T11:50:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:36:27.938-08:00Moments On A Park Bench<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I wish I'd writtten what she sings</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I want you to know how I feel</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >It isn't always enough to whisper three words</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A million kisses will help but not ring absolutely true</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A thousand roses will wilt and die</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >But this feeling won't. This</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Intoxication. Infatuation.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >You had me at a smile</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I t</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >hink I was born for you to love me</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I exist to hold you</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Burns deeply. I promise.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >It all fits-my hand in yours and my head on your shoulder</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Comfort at last</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I'm finally at peace with feeling</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I found the little girl</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Who confused herself and hid when it got tough</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >But it's a sunrise and sunset now-</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Beautiful every day when it starts and finishes.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-64143202406174013252007-08-07T10:46:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:36:53.439-08:00[Afterthoughts]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >There's a liar in your bed </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >She's putting poison on your pillow [no longer smells of me]</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >And dropping venom on your head</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >She watches while you sleep.... [guardian angel fallen over]</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Cruel kisses to stop contented breath</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Smiling she moves nearer</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Wraps a choking arm around your throat..[why can't I save you?]</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >And whispers not so sweetly</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Goodnight, God Bless</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >See you in Hell..... [heaven without you]</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-28903603205639828222007-07-13T10:23:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:37:11.257-08:00Holding Your Heart In My Hands<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If the strength of love knows no bounds,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Then why do I feel so weak?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If love brings ultimate happiness,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Why do I cry when you're not here?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A soft word, gentle touch</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Passionate embrace</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A total eclipse</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kiss me and I'm yours; my soul always and forever branded</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lick my lips and breathe-dark-deep</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Whilst living I dream of silken sleep</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Laugh and devestate</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Building me higher</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Whisper sweet nothing</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A silence for two</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A sigh- glance</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">On earth as it is in Heaven</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-18231252876519659072007-07-13T10:09:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:37:37.929-08:00She'd Make A Beautiful Corpse<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I have you</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >But you can't let go of her</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I don't want both</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Please set her free</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >So it can be just you and me.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I lie and try to believe it never happened</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I know it's not so special now- it's been done before</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" ></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >When someone has their claws embedded</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >It's going to leave scars when you take them out</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >They're in your heart, I understand, I cope</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >But until she leaves your mind</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >You/I won't know what to think</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >You're in too deep</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >You're starting to sink</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >And she's holding me back</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I'm afraid you have to choose</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Drown in her or I rescue you</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Forever.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-76395323155188706752007-06-07T11:23:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:37:57.444-08:00Words Cannot Describe<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Crying skies and a howling road</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >The warmth of you hand against the chill of the storm</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >If this is a nightmare, I can't imagine dreams, </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >If this is a dream, I don't want to wake up</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Shadows lit by camera flashes</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A cheek against mine</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A lone violin to play forever</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >And a man with an umbrella that doesn't stop the rain</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A child with blue eyes that reflect us</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Together on a dark night</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >In a hushed crowd of hundreds</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I only feel safe with you</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >And I know you feel the same</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Please understand that the tears that fall</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Are not caused by a mortal pain</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Only a longing to lie in bliss.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" ></span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-44345020147219644982007-06-07T11:14:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:38:42.045-08:00The Funeral's Over<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I sit and try to swallow</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >But you're stuck in my throat</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" ></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I choke.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" ></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >This is killing me- but not before I destroyed you</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Understand that I only shudder</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Because I hate what I've become</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >'Please yourself' to 'please don't touch'</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >This railroad car crash is not enough</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I'm not sure if I'll feel fine tomorrow.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >The sun never rose- since you cried.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Your tears soaked my pillow and I truly died</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I'm not good; the reason behind the frowns</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I wish I could make you smile, but I wouldn't know where to start</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I taste you on my tongue</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I feel you on my fingertips</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I smell you in my hair</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >It takes a lightbulb and a tear drop of blood</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >To remind me you're not there.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-21452409773407908302007-04-19T09:14:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:39:40.534-08:00Sit Still & Listen<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >The two men saunter past</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Bright sun, loud voices and clothes</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >An insight into another's life</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A snippet-intriguing-no more.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >"...my lawyer says..."</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >And there it ends- a flash of a back end of a bus</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Too far to hear- would it be worth it?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Something to ponder for an hour or 3</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Criminal or hero? Newspaper delight</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Then again another</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >To eavesdrop it a nasty phrase</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >We chance to hear</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >How to carry with a coffin? comes the cry</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A shame; a suit for a funeral for a friend?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >My mind reaches out and I feel</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Not sad how many more?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Windows; the curtains shut on thsee two</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Traffic interrupts a constant flow</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >This is city life not just one</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A million to see, hear, feel</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >But only mine to lead.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-2535247259286702362007-04-19T09:06:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:40:25.005-08:00Ears Bleed, Eyes Plead: Just What They Need<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A community defying the ignorant rumours</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >An army- fighting fighting for acceptance but not waiting for a win</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A procession; marching arm in arm</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Black decadence, dyed and painted</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >But not fake</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Hearts bleeding, broken but true</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Lives lived with a sole purpose</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Worship. Adoration.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Shadowed parade- smiles not frowns</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A dance not to end</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Strangers touch hands become torn friends</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Beating in time with a sound so pure</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A scream, shout, preach and give them the cure</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >No thoughts of blades or pills</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Lights fire and smoke but not in hell tonight</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A loyal dedicated heaven</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Where the outcast finally belong</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >With one proud voice uprising in song.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-72070471460490485592007-04-19T08:58:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:41:07.099-08:00Inanimate Objects Have Too Much Time On Their Hands<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >The red paint flakes and wheels rust</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >The lone trike stares; saddening solidarity</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >It wishes and wonders- no friends</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Left in the Scottish sun</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >The lights change and my face</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Pressed against the cold, cold glass</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Moves on and I smile goodbye</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >The journey begins and the trike yearns</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >To travel too; I can tell</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Another road for me</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Green gold glad- a different place</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >But family familiar</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >We rumble and trundle</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Bass pumping vibrating to bypass boredom</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Traffic cone lyrics flash past the melody</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Takes a turn</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >An new road- track 3 to 4</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >The trike never lived a life like this</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I smile and sigh as the sun blesses the car with a kiss.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-68780769547406655052007-04-16T13:38:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:41:25.687-08:00I'm The Same Person I Was Yesterday, I'm Just Not Breathing<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I gave up on this long ago</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Tell me if it's really so</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I can't remeber if it was real</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Let me know how you truly feel</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" ></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I believed this would never cause me pain</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >But here I am, in the pouring rain</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Blank stares, hate over hearts collide</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >As I see you now- immortal suicide</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" ></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >The candle flicker, eyes as fire</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >You were my one secret wicked desire</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Sit in the dark; don't love light</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >try to foget stubborn soul trys to fight</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" ></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >So please put me out of my misery</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Because hands cut and torn are all I see</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Am I blind? Was it never here?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >was I dreaming? reality. My greatest fear.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-20800432995439388152007-04-16T13:20:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:42:16.931-08:00A Wine Glass Half Full<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A diamond bright shining light</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Helps others on their way</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A manicured hand outstretched</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Always there to hold- a tight grip in a tight spot</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A lipstick smile to pull friends up</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >But who touches you?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Who supports a weakened frame</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >And whose hand supports a dying flame?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >It's your time to watch the sun</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >And realise as it sets</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A life no longer empty lays sadness to sleep</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >You are a heart to keep</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >The cliched road may look dark</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >But a lonely hitch-hiker</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >With a smile and a samaritan driver</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Can travel to his final destination</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >We are here and you are not alone</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Thoughts hearts and minds</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >turn not to what you can do for them</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Finally- what they can do for you.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-45191069686925306442007-03-19T14:12:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:42:33.756-08:00Posing To Tell The Real You & Me<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A mirror, a necktie and a matching pout</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Coloured wings</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Angel?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >The amount of times youve picked me up</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >The strength lasts and the loves grows.. so yes</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A reflection as true as a heart</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Satin white and crystal clear</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Hello, goodbye, forever here</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Eternally grateful</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >And never jealous because leaving</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Has never been a real parting</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I touch your arm</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >And a response smiles clean</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Another around embrace and hold</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Tightly sure two together</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >A time forgotten by most</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Seconds move on the world surroundings</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Two souls</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Never. Letting. Go.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-88731843009698446862007-03-16T12:28:00.000-07:002011-12-01T12:44:46.433-08:00HypoCritical In Hospital<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >One rule for them and another for</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >me</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Why?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I will explain</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Normality was never an option</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Conformity cuts like a knife</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I haven't had a chance to grow</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >The laughter creates a lifetime</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >That we'd rather not be in</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I was comfortable with it. As if.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >I don't need your approval</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Stick to what you're good at</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Carbon copies; catcalling clones</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Poisonous puppets</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >No hard feelings- just lie still</span>.<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" ></span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-66085087606523994802007-02-25T06:51:00.000-08:002011-12-01T12:46:30.647-08:00Wholly Controlling the Soul<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >This is a solo thing<br />The crowd bays for blood<br />Chanting my name, bones ache, hands clap.<br />Standing alone.<br />Feet apart<br />A silence rips through the noise.<br />They are still; eyes glinting.<br />Licking lips, cracking fingers<br />The spotlight; no time to hide<br />Nakedly pleading- shreds of mercy.<br />They can smell the fear<br />Thousands of thoughts turn to your veins<br />And the life within them- soon to be the lack<br />As they suck and bleed you dry<br />Throw you out the window<br />Your empty corpse another paper bag<br />On the ever changing winds of success.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-938899334500681439.post-12932929254344099712007-02-09T03:14:00.000-08:002011-12-01T12:47:06.772-08:00Lonely Hearts Play Villainous Parts In B-Movies<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" >Whispers in the dark make ripples<br />Waves on a pool of invisible tears<br />Unseen as they're cried by the lonely<br />Only the mirror mage for comfort-<br />But the truth hurts<br />So it must be painful to look<br />Satin silence slips slowly through the night<br />A real bodied noise grasps faces<br />Loud fingers grip on brains, uninvited evil.<br />A chink of light through an open window<br />But the breeze freezes thought and lovers in their element.<br />Earth air fire and water<br />Touches exist in imaginations and the pillow smells of one<br />It's never the same by yourself<br />A smile unseen never lit a face<br />A laugh unheard carries on in the wind<br />And no-one realises who.</span>Roomfullofshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01435063309604138574noreply@blogger.com0