A dark tower lay upon the world On the flattest plain it did disdain to a part of its mould Scantily lit from natural light as if bathing in gold Seen from distances never conceived by any human mind, what madness held itself inside its heart? Boats would pass by the land, fingers would point,Continue reading “The Tower”
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Ancient Romances
May happiness spread And happiness fly All over the mountains All over the sky Seasons change Through decades Through time Echoed in verses Line by line No matter how strained Our minds tend to be We’ll always be children Opening our eyes to see Silence proves stoic Whilst a lone man Sings a song OfContinue reading “Ancient Romances”
A Great Mist
A great mist descended upon the world’s shoulders, harbouring a whispered name There I stood in the stillness and white caught in its forgotten pain No man-made sound could be heard across the earth No shouts, no calls, a great smog so tall eclipsed the turf I felt I belonged in a dream, obscuring theContinue reading “A Great Mist”
Returning Home
Left to right the wind of the West guided me home, through fire and bone So happy I have been and am to fancy myself melancholy returning home A miscast day of weather with a speckle of fortunate sun erupted from the clouds above The dusty prints of a loved one, once so close; nowContinue reading “Returning Home”
An Introduction to Parisian Poetry
O’er here be poetry Over there be perfection