Inertia

We elevate our eyes
In the sky for hope
But will never
Have flapping wings.

The pull of gravity
Magnets us to the ground
When we drown
The water feels like liquid electricity.

We are black holed into lust
Orbited into power
It is easy to travel force
But the beauty lies in rebellion.

It is easier to move
Towards a force that pulls
That is why we cannot fly
But still sit in aeroplanes.

Some see the choice
Between gravity and hope.

Unhygienic Glitter

We’re born into this world unglittered
We cry out innocence
We don’t know how to crawl or walk
Don’t know how to dance.

With time clouds form above us
Clouds of our complexes and insecurities
Vapours of our lies and fears
Glitter rains and seatbelts on our skin.

Glitter charms us through time
But leaves our soul holed
We become so hair sprayed
Even our eyes can’t wash out the shine.

No matter how much we bathe
We won’t see ourselves clean
Our mirrors blind us with reflected glitter
We can’t see our soul.

I long for the day
Everyone will be alive
When God’s breath
Will breeze the glitter away.

Adaptation

The burning metallic flames
Blackened me with pain
My scream couldn’t save me
Through my blood fire trained.

The metals sublimed
And travelled into my bones
The pain was so much
And my tears were so dry.

The burning acupunctured every cell
In the suffering I dissolved
I could no longer feel
No longer cry.

If I were to exist
In hell for eternity
The burning fire
Would no longer cause me pain.

Autumn

Pieces of twigs bullet across
They pierce through the air
The breeze snatches leaves
The orange sky breathes through bare trees.

The fire burns down trees
Another tree is shot
Another tree bleeds
The breeze snatched burnt leaves.

The man tears leaves off
One by one they parachute
Their green tears rust on the ground
The trees are stripped naked.

Who said only in autumn leaves fall?

Sand Castle

God drew a line
Only human eyes can see
But the line
No one can be.

While people look at the sky
They walk across the ground
But if they look too high
Like in quicksand they will drown.

When people fall from above
They gaze at the ground
Too afraid to look above
Even though they’re falling down.

Yet on the seashore
While building sand castles
No one sees the sky or sea
They’re lost in the line they cannot be.

Brain Dead

The heart rains blood
Through the body it floods
It transports meaning to life
It diffuses feeling to our human.

The brain dictates
Nerves electrocute reason
We walk through life
Robot dancing.

As clocks ticked by
The heart and brain grew apart
Criticised for their beauty
Denying their perfect love.

It is with the heart we feel
But it is the mind
Which recites poetry.