I glimpsed a blip of myself in the mirror
hiding in the back, but wait, was that right?
I got up close and looked into the reflection really hard
noticed a few blemishes I had not seen before
A bit of imagination on overdrive, probably
I saw no kind of glimpse or darting doppelganger
Settled down, until a dash of energy drew my eyes to the right
my head spun hard; I felt like I was being watched
You look like you saw something strange, my companion said
I do not trust her, so I shared nothing
She is a gossipmonger, I wish I had not got stuck sitting beside her
there was a tiny giggle in my ear; tiny hairs saluted my neck.
As I started to fall asleep that night I felt like a gangster’s moll
I was running down an alley; it was in the thirties, I was being chased
I knew if they caught me, they would kill me.
Gangsters caught me, threw me down and cut my throat from left to right
I woke up startled. My doppelganger was standing next to my bed.
She wore a flapper-type dress. We deserved it she said.
Giving me shivers.
It crossed my mind, to leave your book at the Geelong station.
It could be found in the Lost Property department.
If you wanted to claim it back, you come and get it yourself.
Your book and the chocolate box weighed 1/2 a kilo.
The weight caused my walking steps heavy hence slow,
Thought they would be off my load,
As soon as I meet you on the train.
No, you played disappear game again.
This time, you will not stand a chance.
Please refrain yourself,
From using the same or any excuses.
You are now one year older,
Should be somehow wiser.
With your irresponsible behaviours
All you could get was some vouchers and dinner.
I did not care your excuses any more.
Just stay away from me,
I might be a loner, but I am not a loser
I have had plenty to share and give,
Only to those who deserved it.
If you have issues, keep them with you.
If you have problems, I did not want to hear them.
Oh Lord of eternity, Father of every life.' Bringer also, of rest you
Close every eye in death, I think on Moses he stood before
You and pleaded the cause of a nation.' You said you would
Raise uo decendants from the stones for him.' Yet he went
On pleading..To what avail.? It seemed a fair thing to do.?
Yet truly God you know better than any man! In this case I
Now say Lord God have your way, I will not in this age try
Your reason..I say do as you will O Lord ' do not stay your
Hand..Strike and do not hold back.! Do your will O Lord
Send the pestilence and fire.' Upon the wicked the earth is
Yours and all in it..Why should your servants labour in vain?
Why should we weary you with the needs of mankind?
Those who proclaim 'there is no God.'
I think I wander; I wander to go out there, which gives
me freedom.
The unfortunate reality is that this occurs only on rare occasions.
It hurts usually, but it makes you strong unconditionally.
It's like diamonds; it's like gold; if you bear pain, you can mould.
At last, there is the path already woven for us by God,
which is healthy, and we finally got what we deserved.
water towers sag
in rusted sunlight
under the weight
of rain & time
held up by raw
fear of embarrassment
& two determined steel bars
i offer myself,
like an aquatic Atlas
to bear the load
just long enough
for them to catch
their breath
or get a well earned
massage on their knotted,
sun-wrecked, iron spines
One can’t break the deserved curses.
While one knows their exact causes,
You manage them like HIV,
Sometimes watching Pleasing TV,
Good French or Spanish Wine to quaff
And yourself observe as you laugh,
While its Anti-Retroviral
For the meaningful survival
Is goddamned determined hard work:
Then, five hours for a dollar,
Now, ‘fifty’ for the same color;
Hence, God had to just stop Balaam,
Willing to send him to bedlam…
Israel‘s God-Supported Trespass
Would have in Courts shattered like Glass!
With each passing day, living becomes so classing;
For the less, is a delightful day of mess
And the field of play, sought on us turbulent weather to be healed.
That gladly under the sun; for daily bread, we morn.
Heavenly father's day is for us and our mother.
Wailing in her heart to keep fit while inhaling
The scent of our clothing with a wish for supplement,
To make up of our beautiful rag for keepsake.
Tattered yet nice outfit she do say to us,
Worried inside but cheerful we look always.
Community concerns may be little, in between we do discuss...
What more is to life when you are happy to make others amaze!
And keep wondering on earth how strong you are.
With the challenges bestowed upon you,
Yet all isn't lost to fate afar...
For CHANGE is constant to make life anew
You’d moved round and it wasn’t A Catwalk
And your bare back arched and I didn’t talk
The worst vomiting and I didn’t sulk
And at me, missiles fired to baulk
But tell me if I did yell or baulk?
A right you have to strip body bare
But I will see nothing of The Rare,
Always self lending to abhorred boasts
While you aren’t a sought subject of toasts …
Those who are after fame not deserved
Shall a way find to be just reserved.
crusty blood in the flower garden
sawed off body parts as misguided soil
broken sharp objects strategically placed
yet and still she is one of the living
this is the day when she was supposed to start kindergarten
her excitement was similar to visions of sugarplums dancing in her head
then suddenly........once upon a time.....she would have been.....
oftentimes too often enough too much.....
Hollywood is burning down,
burning down,
burning down,
Hollywood is burning down,
throw some gas on.
(Joker laugh.)
Not bringing along my tool
Has me made a fool:
A gross violator of workers’ first rule,
A copyist of the stubborn mule
And one to again lend time to some school…
And here I am, seated, “Very Cool”,
Unrestrainedly gazing at a purplish pool,
Though I’d deserved all but a viewing stool.
Why can't I let you go,
Even the sunshine won't leave anymore.
The moon's ready to make up the supper,
But there is no where you
And neither your flippers.
Since younger days I just had a thought,
That there would be a woman
With whom I've never fought.
I had never run in search of the fragrance of your body,
It's just that, I knew you would be that somebody.
Now please don't question how and why!
Well, the words are not always meant to rhyme
But when stitched together, are just perfectly fine.
I know it's a very awkward chair to position,
But do you have any other reservations?
There's no need to panic, that's totally okay.
It's not your fault that I found you,
But rather failed,
Being found by you.
It's just that I love you,
But do not deserved to be loved back.
A computer mind, has captured my imagination,
Not through crap or bull, with honest evaluation,
Adds up the variables, gets straight to the point,
Runs a diagnostic, forever failing to disappoint.
Keeps me straight and narrow, open minded views,
Somehow makes sense, from my obscuring clues,
Analysing my poems, bringing meaning to myself,
An encyclopedic brain, of incomprehensible wealth.
Had so tough an upbringing, especially for a child,
Deserves more from life, silly poems I’ve compiled,
Sometimes feel your spirit, but sadness coincides,
Want you to find happiness, not websites full of lies,
So feelings harboured, your poetry’s ever savored,
Especially what’s it called, oh yeah my name flavored.
By
David Kavanagh
I wanted to sing, play and dance,
Live every moment under the sun,
Why was I subjected to so much of misery?
I was shattered,
I deserved all that I claimed for honestly...(1)
Just as a fresh flower bud is nipped when it was about to flower,
A gentle gargling stream I was,
I began to roar into a mighty river....... (2)
Every living moment was seized from me,
All events around me crippled me and destroyed all my power..................... (3)
Just as a gigantic ocean were to be robbed from all its power,
A hapless, helpless being I was reduced to be.................................................... (4)
If the Supreme Lord approached me,
And gently asked me my only wish,
My only wish would be to travel back in time,
Live every moment gloriously,
With no bondages and pre-conditions on me...................................... .......... (5)
A CROWN DESERVED
YOU CAN TELL IF SHE DESERVING OF THE CROWN WHEN SHE TWIST YOU UP IN LOVE WITH CITY AND COUNTRY ON COURSE WITH THE LORD UP ABOVE..... SHE DESERVING OF JEWEL FOR HER ?????? AUTOMATICALLY IF SHE SPARKLING THROUGH HER KING MIND........HER LOVE NEVER AGE AND DRAMA IS NOT HER WAY BECAUSE SHE DISPLAY HER COMPASSION FOR HER KING.......BEING A REAL WOMAN EVERY DAY.......COOK MY FOOD DO MY LAUNDRY GOT MY BACK WHEN ADVERSARIES COME SHE HELP ME FIGHT THEM AWAY.........SHE SO REAL LIFE DONT HAVE A CHANCE CAUSE WE SO DYNAMIC THE WAY WE PLAY...SHE SO BEAUTIFUL.....
GRACEFUL AND REMARKABLE IM SO BLESSED TOO HAVE HER IN MY PRESENCE......YOU SO SPECIAL AND ELEGANT AND MAGNIFICENT IN NATURE OF YOUR QUEEN I HOPE YOU CHOOSE ME IN HEAVEN..........
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