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Words have fled my lips,

like moulting feathers that litter the ground,

useless.

My heart is in my throat.

I see abundance.

Numerous seals and penguins dot the landscape

like so many pixels creating an image.

Great beauty rises from stark surroundings.

Thick glaciers melt into leaping waterfalls,

cascade to the sea.

Wash over red rust whaling station scars

that blister the horizon.

Macabre glory days over,

sea and salt air reclaim what once ignored her.

Beleaguered oil containers lean into the future

waiting for cargo that will no longer fill

their insatiable appetite.

Once we pillaged the sea,

now the earth. 

			


	

	


		
			

	

				

						
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							Addiction
					

			


	
	

		
A disease of vampire’s

has struck the nation

skulking shadows of the night

lurking, waiting to pounce on our children

our loved ones, our family

a delectable first bite


It messes with our minds


Death comes slowly

a rot of the heart

drip by drip

blood red

oozing demise

craziness

It can’t get enough

turn our backs

it is there again


Sorrow and loss

annihilation without dying

grieving a body without a soul

Past mistakes loom large

not wanting to miss out

awaiting an opportunity to join

the zombie fest


Hopeless

			


	

	


		
			
		
			
		
			

	

				

						
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							Empathy
					

			


	
	

		
(This piece was inspired by imagining what the parents of the young man who killed five fellow students must be going through)


I hear you speak

but the words don’t make sense to me

My mind is swirling

thoughts flying in and out

too quick to capture

Maybe this…

What about that…

a fierce competition for my attention


Focus

one thing at a time

calm down

breathe deeply

Now, what were you saying?

A barrage of words assault me

and it takes every bit of willpower

to comprehend what the babble means


Instinctively I am in denial

I do not want to hear the message

coming my way


When I became a parent

I never thought this would

be a message for me


Your child is in trouble

Your child has been hurt

Your child is gone…

Your child is the per pe tra tor


Nothing prepared me

for a foreign message like that

My heart swells

it breaks

part of me shatters

and runs to the shadows

a place where no one can find

me


If they can’t see me

it can’t be real, right?


it can’t be real

it can’t be real


The world sees a monster

a psychopath

I see a sick child

my beautiful son


where is the little boy

I once knew?