I like to consider this my safe space,Everyday’s a struggleStarting with the”Don’t leave me” of the morningAnd ending with the welcome partyI give myselfAt the end of another dayI found hard to get through,I consider this my coffin.Reliving each moment I die insideAnd each moment I grieve watching myself lose the battle”Don’t leave me”I’d cry …
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Tourist (overture / part 1)
We like to visit places That do not remind us of our own, In hopes, That we become aware How much more there is to life, Than what we are living now.
Saint’s that sin in red
Title and image in collaboration with Carrie Neilson. Guilty,I plead guilty.I wear red, As if it was second natureto commit these crimesRed,My clothes are stained, red. I’m not alone though.I promise this conspiracy,Wasn’t pre-determined.Sin,Sinning,It’s all I ever do.I don’t know Another life outside this one.Full of SinFull of Sin.Dream,If I could only dream,Of another life …
Scarlet Rose
A murder had occurred the night before,My lover,Slain.I warned him not to do anything reckless that night,But what do these apes know?Wait –Apes are better than menDrugs, boozeMoney, hookers”Don’t you know a good woman, when you see one?”I’d ask on the dailyWhen the men in brown,Had spoken to me,The lady who wore red,I recalled I …
Salome
Salome – 2019 inspired by Carol Ann Duffy’s rendition, 1999. Cold brown eyes,I remembered the day I brought him homeThe rattling of the cutlery as I brought his most attractive featuresFrom his shoulders,To the silver platterAll that clattering, rattlingThe sound of things clamoring, The headache it gave meReminding me of last night’s wistful glamourAnother set …
