Sweet Silenced by Maria Fokas The spaces we meet by chance; Sweet Silenced. A beam, a weep, a spark glowing into the night, [A glimpse of no end; up – side – down] Reflections throb; I fade my eyes; a fragile gesture of might. Trapped inside this deed: an Earnest unwavering day. Shadows of seeded dreams, await that yearning. Among those ardent Sorrows – A gift of passing through; the everlasting Memory of you. Photograph by Martin Hanley Continue reading Sweet Silenced
I know a Cat by Martin Hanley Dedicated to my old philosophical friend, Master Mouse Hanley I sat there sweltering in a familiar fog; constipated with checking and weighted outcomes. Languid landscapes with questioning answers; an unfocused portfolio has come undone. Then, in he glides supreme; stretching out beneath the dappled light; now reclining. Regally basking like some ancient achromatic shadow; he swallows the fallow sun. Cold blooded catering alerted, a distant ringing or some obscure Sylvan echo, yet I hear none. Starving for hidden treats that well versed others commonly disdain; he remains steadfast smiling. Forever glancing, my philosophical … Continue reading I Know a Cat
The Thorns of Time by Maria Fokas First, you left; Then, I let myself forget. – I watched the days go by in silence Without a sign of love; I waited – I felt the thorns of time. – I wept for the miracles The ones we left behind – Damn those walls we swore to ignore. – All I ever wished for To find a truth, in loves that slip away – Stripped of dignity, by all the things I’ve done. – My heart has turned against the tide Hope; the last to go – … Continue reading The Thorns of Time
A Figment of my Reality by Martin Hanley Continue reading A Figment of my Reality
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