1.Dark not Light

 

Tense, all so taut

Cross, impatient

For no-one else a thought

 

Dark, not light

Brooding, silent

Muscles cramped so tight

 

Alone, so Alone

Screaming inside

Love turned to stone

 

Sadness and sorrow

Such painful disappointment

No light to come tomorrow

 

Dark, not light

Drowning slowly

Losing the fight

 

Slipping ever slowly

Further and further

Away from the light

Away from the muted sky

Towards the Dark below

That moves closer with its cold embrace.

 

2.Light not dark

 

Beautiful and serene

Bright, alluring

The best it’s ever been

 

Light, not dark

Happy, joyous

Leaving its mark

 

Surrounded

Laughter all around

Love and joy unbounded

 

Every day worth living

Tomorrow even better

Just have that feeling

 

Light, not dark

A wondrous sight

Never feeling stark

 

Rising quickly

Faster and faster

Towards the light

Towards the brilliance of the sky

Towards the light above

Waiting with its warm embrace

 

3.Inspiration

 

With my pen

Tapping a rhythm on my teeth

Sounds better than it feels.

Clicking the nib of my pen

In and out, In and out

Slightly annoying

But, oddly, very satisfying

 

Those damn Beavers

They have blocked the flow

Words and rhymes have all dried up.

Staring, unseeing, out the window

Spinning around on my swivel-chair

Which, whilst childish

Is also, oddly, very satisfying

 

Looking all around me

I know the inspiration

Must be surrounding me.

The right word or rhyme is out there somewhere

Maybe they’re hiding behind the bed

But not under it

‘Cos that’s where the monsters live

 

Radio on, Radio off

I’m too edgy to listen properly

But could do with a distraction.

To punctuate the silence

Unlock my dormant brain cells

And please, please, please

Give me that damn next line

 

Staring vacantly upwards

Grasping for the syntax

That will make this a classic

Scratch my head, pick my nose

But realise that all I have achieved

Is the sad knowledge

That the ceiling lampshade needs a clean.