saw it there in the fading light;
shadow in approaching night.
wondered what it was about
too fearful then to cry out,
move from my position,
know the apparition,
to follow the fear,
till it became clear
and against mind
distortion find
simple clues,
normal views
that may
in day
be
me
x
Came a long distance today
Peeled back the reality
Came to see the denial
Felt better with the clarity
Saw the broken wings
They stopped me flying
Drank the watered down cup
It took me back; I was crying
Without needle pain
It is a great relief
Now, I need to try
To stop the night-time thief
Taking you to the other world
Relying on your dependency
Pushing you to degradation
Not a wanted tendency
Came to see the denial
Felt better with the clarity
Came a long distance today
Peeled back the reality
x
John met many people.
Some days it was his daughter,
even when she was still on the phone.
Other days it was different folk
Some were soldiers and some were children
None of them said anything
not to him or those that didn’t see them
Their absence perpetuated that
and no-one was any the wiser
Only John knew the score
He became really upset
He phoned up for help
but no one could see what he was on about.
“You lot think I’m daft,” said John
“They’re in the bedroom, lying on the bed.
No one speaks. I can’t get them to go.”
“No bother. I told them to go. So they went,”
said his daughter
All was now fine
On the next night, as the dusk came
more folk arrived
Some were in the bedroom
Some were in the living room
John was again concerned
and none of them spoke
They were just there.
“They’re back here, again,” said John on the phone
“You’ll have to come and get rid of them
They’ll be after my money.”
“You don’t have any money,” said his daughter
who now understood the developing symptoms
In the home John met real people.
x
Bare bricks shine red
Across the dusty floors
A balanced purpose
To ignite the attraction
Binding knotted threads
Of anticipation
As the electric warning
Strobes out and around
A base cord sounds encouragingly
The drum roll confirms the beat
Lead rift plays invitingly
Voices come together loudly
We are again in tune
Together we are one again
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