Monday 20 May 2024

Free Quincy Flo

Words won't be enslaved.
They don't respond to force.
The Antenna's subtle hum
Tingles from the Source.

Friday 3 May 2024

Light

There is comfort in the dark,
For you do not have to see
The truth of where you are, 
And the place where you must be.

The distance may strike fear.
Idle feet avoid the pain
Of climbing up the hill.
Yet a yearning will remain...

Until you muster strength
To light a match to see.
The candle awaits your warmth.
The light is yours to be.

Saturday 23 March 2024

Kryger

Douvoordag staan die kryger wag, 
Op die grenspos tussen wild en woning.
'n Blaar ritsel in die bos - vyand of kos?
'Soms bring die wind 'n verandering van koning.'

Filosofie staan op sy.
Geweerloop kom by.
Sneller rus teen 'n vinger koud van bloed.

Hamer wil net steek, 
Soos 'n angel moordbeneuk, 
Op die rug van 'n yster skerpioen.

In 'n asem klap die knel.
Die teiken val soos vel.
Kryger rus.
Die weerlig sal vertel, 
Van 'n mik so sekuur 
In die grys oggenduur, 
Die wêreld suis, 
Soos bokvet op die vuur.

Monday 18 March 2024

Rise

Keep watch, the dawn shall break
Upon the broken night.
Works of filth and fear
Once more shall burn in light.

Hope, which withered in shadow
And choked on sorrow and strife, 
Shall feel the cleansing breeze;
Shall taste the breath of life.

Slumbering souls shall wake.
Tendrils shall recede.
The spirit is restored
With every righteous deed.

Wednesday 13 March 2024

Into a verse

(on the beat of 'Without Me' by Eminem)

Now I'm back in the groove.
Slicker than smooth.
Knocking out the next line.
Swift shift and move.

Scribble drivel faster.
Wicked and terse.
Like thoughts popping up, 
And then?
Into a verse.
BOOM!

Question not.
I got these rhymes on lock.
For the serpentine syllables,
Eve has a rock.

Didn't see it coming then.
Who has the key?
This man in the mirror knows
Nothing is free. 

Friday 23 February 2024

Platform B

If only we could walk
Outside the patterns of our thought.

To mark the train's old stops.
To sell the tickets we have bought.

Tuesday 6 February 2024

Weather Vane

Spectral edges meet
Deep within the heights;
Drawing every searching eye.
Whispered hints descend a moving sky.

Weather vane,
Plot the course.
The breeze is spirit.
And word the source.

Feel again
Without your skin.
The body is not a vessel.
Lips and tongue, 
Shape my breath.
Flesh is housed within soul's expression.