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Burst (Poem)
from behind the grey steel bars he gave his heart to the sky
untethered without any strings not even the faint thread of hope
it burned there for a time brighter than the atomic sun
shining with all the many dreams he gathered
the stories we told him the lives we wished for our children
like him with no official warning-
though we all knew this would happen
it died with one final burst of light
the soldier’s bullet that passed through it
cried in futile sorrow as it fell to earth
the tattered shreds of our destroyed future
drift through the clouds
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Monster (Poem)
unawares amongst them walks
acquaintance colleague stranger friend
me and I a monster
solitary kinless outcast born outcast chosen
watching them move through entertwined circles
face pressed to glass eyes wide with wonder
hand hiding slight quizzical smile
fascinated by spectacle wishing to help in minutes ways
regardless I remain this grotesque foreign chimera
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As I Cling To Life (Poem)
first breath when I open my eyes
so bitter I gag to spit out the detritus
night caught in my throat, all I dragged up from the midden
mouth coated with ash, nose with rot, fingers with slime
sleep a visit to the charnel house, waking hours a walking pyre
I constantly shed charcoal shards, a neglected trail of blackened bone
