RAPID CYCLING POEMS

ALONE

There are no tears

There are no words

For words and tears are impotent

They can never portray the sorrow that engulfs me

 Words cannot speak of the pain that seeps from my soul

 Only silence can articulate my torment

As no words, sound or fluid can ever match the deathly melancholy that cauterizes my being

As light turns to dark and the sun sinks into the earth

 I remain unmoved and disregarding of the world outside my window

I am alone in my grief

Yet not alone

For with me I carry the weight of your memory

So truly, I am never alone.  

FEAR

Fear can be intoxicating

It builds inside to solid mass

Upwards it travels like a dark escalator

Reaching for the inner spaces that only you can see

Fear can be so stealthy

It creeps beside the shadows

To all outside observers

You’d never know it’s there

Fear can be a fiendish friend, a pal to keep on side

You can use it for excuses

And stay and hide inside

It is your constant companion

When others aren’t around

It clutches at the heart

A lover and protector

Fear will whisper secrets

Only you could know

You’d better stay at home today

Please don’t take that flight

It keeps you safe, entombed, enshrined

It will extend your life

But fear is not a buddy

The world we must explore

So bury fear within you

Don’t listen to its sneers

Be strong and be resilient

Ignore fear's rude advice

Go out and get a life.

BEHIND THE CURTAINS

She watches from behind the curtains

A shadowy ghost that no-one sees

She knows each and every one of you

By name, by sight, routine

Chill creeps behind the curtains

No welcome fire to keep her warm

The price of gas beyond her means

A hovel of a home in which she dwells

Newspapers piled high, rotting fruit in the bowl

No one to care about litter or falls

This is not the life that was chosen

This is the life that loneliness has thrust upon her

The clutter her familiar, loving friend

She watches as you hurry by

You’re off to work, just passing by

You sometimes see the curtains move

You know therein a lady lives

One day you’ll knock and say hello

Just check to make sure that all’s ok

And so she watches everyday

Prays that to her doorstep your feet will stray

That’s all she wants you see

Acknowledgement

A friendly wave

A greeting as you go about your way

But we both know

That behind the curtains she will stay

Sadly alone until her dying day.