an emotional sceptic
raised on guilt and shame
he was given nothing
but breath and a name
drinking back the anger
swimming against the tide
to keep alive the notion
of self-taught love and pride
a code of holy pressure
stunted nature’s growth
blind belief in heaven
ignores the hell on earth
life and love forever
he sees between the cracks
as half a century later
he peels the layers back
17 August 2005
The search
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12 comments:
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bloody excellent mate.
JJ - the past can very nearly stifle us if we let it. I think I have changed my indoctrinated outlook.
CJ - bloody thanks mate. I could have stretched this out but decided the shorter statment was more effective...
YES, bloody excellant.
I GET totally overwhelmed sometimes by all that is going on around me (my life is so strange at the moment).
But I look up and see my soon-to-be three-year-old son strip stark naked running around the backyard having a ball. Life really is that simple.
Morgan - thanks for reading, yes life can be overwhelming but it only takes a glance at a child having fun to remind us of perspective.
Finn - thanks! It could be a requiem for lost youth but I prefer to think of it as heralding the renaissance of love and life!
Spectacular!
Grace - religion can really spoil a childhood... Thankfully I'm over it now and making my own rules.
Very effective indeed. Beautiful words.
that is growth, so beautifully written about.
V - all about finding out what your own rules are and where you fit in I think.
Gulnaz - yes growth and maturity. I'm still growing even at my severely advanced age!
Flea - or maybe it's an onion with layers that reduce you to tears as you unpeel each one?
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