Blog Entries by Paul Sands (fear)

Between The Hats

by Paul Sands

I have outgrown both the years

and the clothes

which had my name sewn into them

this doesn’t mean I no longer need help

to figure out who I am

my gloves are no longer twinned

by umbilical wool

but I appreciate you holding my hand

while leading me through this cold weight

I am living in those times

between hats

though if god were bothered to look

h...

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Wednesday 16th October 2013 11:00 pm

ageing fear regret

Sin by Sin

by Paul Sands

living sin by sin

the worst shadows are those I feel

sweepng my brow when eyes are squeezed,

brushing my diastolic dreams

when umbral curve eclipses my hold and

pries it from the highest wires all that bears

my worth, in such slow regard, recedes

and as I fall the angle is that Jesus saves,

this thrift expains the reason then he leaves

so ma...

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Wednesday 20th February 2013 7:50 pm

Sin fear confusion malice curiosity

Iced

by Paul Sands

belly up, seal-suited, booted and solstice shy

the weight under a sickle curved sky-sail, the icicle smile

of a frictionless fear, wears this glass thin but while

wise in countless ways, beyond the power

of n at least, stays wary yet of the sightless beast hidden

behind the curve

above and below 66.5°, you will find your breath tastes

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Wednesday 16th January 2013 6:29 pm

winter fear endless night Antarctic Ice arctic

Hole

by Paul Sands

amidst this company of billowed ghosts

the echo bed of swollen heads belies

a gory hail of rain chined inspiration

for my chiselled host and

hides cathedral vaulted cuts

of the deepest time

where darkness sparks

in resonant rhyme

and breath affords a gaudy boast

yet dies upon the budding lime

belly crawled while underneath

the aven’s insolent draught

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Sunday 30th December 2012 2:05 pm

fear dark cave caving spelunking primal

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