The one failing tree
One last gleaming hope
Air bursting into fire
Wind blowing with unfathomable fervor
Engulfed with ire
Coming is, the final salvor
Leaves falling from above
Falling down into the abyss
Reaching down to the darkness till
Beaming light from the sky
Smothering the fire, Calming the wind
Picking the very earth up, Starting it to fly
The light, it was starting to mend
Mend that was lost
Light setting the reborn tree
Setting it on to a mountain
A mountain of new found promise
Life spreading from the tree
Life healing all it crossed
Life scaring the looming bansh
How do I turn my heart to stone?
So many nights spent all alone.
How do I stop it from beating?
So many moments are fleeting.
How do I curb its crimson flow?
So many times spent down so low.
I'm not who you think I should be.
I'll cast around all the debris,
Scattered, shattered pieces of me,
Made victims by my ignored plea.
One day I'll be satisfact'ry,
The old me a fading mem'ry.
Till the me that was, he's no more;
The me that is, he's just a whore.
If you happen to catch a smile,
Know it's not the truth, not by miles.
When you see laughter in my eyes,
Look through the lies, see through my guise.
See what I am. See what yo
– Stilfontein
I was out there
and Life called me to Himself.
There where no one walks,
He came and we talked.
I saw the openness of an empty life
lying naked before me, a last solitary bird
pecking at the remains of nothingness
yet Life came and marveled at His loved one
Emptiness I cried! Empty I am,
as my life was fading into darkness.
Death I had to proclaim! My death,
with the sunset of my humanity.
As a deafening silence descended,
came to sit on my shoulder
He walked by
and took me in His arms
when the butterfly flew
past the open grave of my soul
He walked by me, again
and He picked me up,
even when the ro
A sudden touch
a warmth within
a thought of you
that makes me spin
A perfect smile
upon your face
Two arms
and a warm embrace
You touched my heart
and stayed in my head
You're with me
when I go to bed
A single word
so true
Can make me melt
just for you
16/01/2006