The sharp snap of branches masked the bark of distant dogs
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A stolen life. A split-second decision.
Disorganised thoughts, jumbled—
Tangled around an anaesthetised cortex.
Clocks mockingly ticking,
Ticking down inevitability,
As a lone fly buzzes r...
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Categories:
anaesthetised, dark, deep, gothic, horror,
Form: Free verse
Pandemics Box
...Anaesthetised breaths
buoyant virus differentials
black blood isolations...
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Categories:
anaesthetised, anxiety, bereavement, fear, science,
Form: Haiku
Conform
...Degradation of the soul is my lifeline. Burning flames suck out the sublime traits, of overlords stretching to take their turn in front of the lingering hatred of conformity. Your pitying powers of g...
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Categories:
anaesthetised, heart, longing, storm,
Form: Prose
Aching To Ache
...Clawing into myself,
digging, scraping, scratching a phantom itch.
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Amputating feelings, thoughts, emotions,
love,
always excising love,
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to feel some pain,
for once, to feel the ache, the he...
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Categories:
anaesthetised, angst, beautiful, happiness, hope,
Form: I do not know?
Tempus Fugit
...Tempus Fugit.
Memories are imprinted,
through moments,
and fleeting minutes,
as,
they fade like polaroid stills,
dimmed by the flight of time,
caught between,
the banal and the sublime.
Years tri...
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Categories:
anaesthetised, hope, journey, life, lonely,
Form: I do not know?
The Bassist
...Vacuous jewel in my crown of thorns,
Razor blade in my heart,
You torment me no more gently with the passing of time
The wounds you inflicted still bleed,
The pain is still as sharp as a thou...
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Categories:
anaesthetised, angst, lost love
Form: Free verse
The Owl
...I have become like him; nocturnal.
Prematurely anaesthetised by exhaustion
then jerked awake into the darkness.
How long since I have slept 'til dawn?
A stifled yawn veiling scurrying thought...
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Categories:
anaesthetised, introspectionnight, night,
Form: Free verse
Angel Tears
...Gentle drops of Angel tears
Once more she drifts to sleep
Anaesthetised and full of hope
Of faith, of love, so deep
A dark, dark mass looms in her form
A cancer cold and stark
They try to cut...
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Categories:
anaesthetised, angel, bereavement, cancer, caregiving,
Form: Free verse
Cusp of Springtime
...As I stood, night half fell in the car park,
Stuck between twilight and sheer dark,
Suicidal on the ledge of near dark,
And I touched the fire-station wall.
In the quiet empty void of a slow ch...
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Categories:
anaesthetised, life, loss, sad, seasons,
Form: Verse