Changing Channels


"Changing Channels" 

We are all 
drawn to the light
the silent voices 
call us in 
like we are 
their addiction
components 
waived 
in the weighting
we swim in 
our daily medication 
like transparent vespers
We are all
drawn to the light
simultaneously 
magnetised 
and in our singularity
we consume our 
unique polarity
solitary figures
dancing across 
the stepping stones
strange keys
connected 
inside us 
the child calls 
towards the 
centre that 
is evasive, missing
A New Year 
freefall 
fireworks
only last a short while
codes for lifts
1702, nothing is ever easy
so we walk the stairs
an exercise in patience;
blow-ins 
walk back in again
eventually 
changing channels
Christmas arrives
when the truth
remembered
and time stolen
in the static of things
re-gifted
you read me
I watch you
from the other side
drawn to the light
changing channels
a frequent returning
yours eternally

some time 
in your future

a frequent returning
yours eternally,

The Motherload



(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)







“A view to remember
the centre is missing 
they question 
how the future lies
in someone’s eyes”




“We’re older than we realise
in someone’s eyes”




“The gentle collapsing 
of every surface
We travel on the 
quiet road
The Overload”

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023



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Date: 1/6/2023 11:05:00 AM
An amazing write. The pictures at the top remind me of the old Twilight Zone TV shows. Yes, the moth and the light we are also drawn. Have a blessed day/weekend..................
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 2/23/2023 2:23:00 PM
Sometimes Paula, life is like that. A real Twilight Zone. Enough to think, perhaps this life is actually the dream and when we wake up, it's the other place...that is more real. xx
Date: 1/4/2023 12:59:00 PM
The Let Down.
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Date: 1/4/2023 12:59:00 PM
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_let_down_1504057
Date: 1/4/2023 12:20:00 PM
"The Overload" / Talking Heads, David Byrne, Brian Eno.
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Date: 1/4/2023 12:20:00 PM
https://youtu.be/2UIdFIaBTbY
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 1/4/2023 12:20:00 PM
https://genius.com/Talking-heads-the-overload-lyrics
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