Self isolation sleeping beauty

April 12, 2020 by dhooksy in poetry and tagged alienpoet, beauty, corona, dark, death, lockdown, poem, poetry, sadness, sleeping, spoken word, storytelling, tragedy, virus, woman | Leave a comment

Sleeping on a bed
waiting for the world to stop it’s lockdown
you are a vision of beauty
waiting for this pandemic pandemonium to cease
you didn’t eat a poisoned apple
you just sleep,
waiting for the apocalypse
or a prince’s lips to kiss
oxygen is hard to come by
and we can’t let you go
you sleep, waiting for the virus to stop
we give you a shot
of antibiotics.

The nurses and doctors know
that you a few days left to show
whether you’ll recover
your life and find a lover.

But this life is cruel and unfair
we love you
but you look back at us with a blank stare…

Tell a fool their fortune

April 12, 2020 by dhooksy in poetry and tagged alienpoet, fate, fortune telling, God, inspiration, personal, poem, poetry, spoken word, storytelling | Leave a comment

“A fool will accept his fate

whether it’s wrong”

god may write it on my forehead

but I am no fool I am strong

I will not accept a fate I cannot change

I will fight to preserve my hopes and dreams

I am strength through love.

Loneliness the beast of burden

April 4, 2020 by dhooksy in poetry and tagged alienpoet, alone, beast, dark, darkness, haunted, inspiration, loneliness, mental health, pain, personal, poem, spoken word, tears | Leave a comment

Loneliness the beast feeds on my confidence

until all have is insanity

I will hold it back with words driven home with meaning

maybe I will be dreaming

a better a life

maybe I am reaping what I have sown

but I will not believe in fear I love myself and own all I am

I am the shadow and the light

and I will fight until my hands wither

and I grow faint

I will ignore the loneliness and it’s taint.

Will they tell the story of…?

March 29, 2020 by dhooksy in poetry and tagged alienpoet, corona, inspiration, pain, personal, poem, poetry, police, spoken word, story, truth, virus | Leave a comment

Police tape around skate parks

the way we avoided each other even before it got dark.

the panic buying of toilet rolls

The dull days inside, just one stroll allowed

the clapping for the nhs workers outside

the way the community came together

Somethings we should treasure

The video calling and time spent playing PlayStation games

The constant news feed and shaming of people who weren’t isolating

The time spent within our houses grating

cause of the sun shine outside

but we are still alive

we will fight on regardless…

I realised my truth

March 28, 2020 by dhooksy in poetry and tagged alienpoet, answers, art, darkness, goddess, haunted, heartache, inspiration, Love, mental health, mental illness, pain, personal, poem, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, truth, words | Leave a comment

Sitting in the darkness of my nan’s cupboard under the stairs talking to god

an odd little boy

Who wanted his dreams to matter

Who wanted them to be true

I needed love but I need my beliefs to be real too.

my life’s foundations aren’t love as they ought to be

but wanting to have a special relationship with the creating force or spiritual entity

or maybe to be special or chosen myself

I am the monster who daydreamed blue skies

but when the light in my eyes dies

who will I be?

the man with tears in his eyes for all he let go

the man with tears in his eyes because he never got to let his heart show

someone that they mattered above all

my heart was always a shield or a wall.,,

Your skin is like a sweet wrapper

March 28, 2020 by dhooksy in poetry and tagged alienpoet, entwined, goddess, light, Love, passion, poem, poetry, Souls, spoken word, sticky, story, sweet, wrapper | Leave a comment

Glowing golden

Shiny packet

you are a devilish racket

I love your curves

how your body swerves

with angles

I love your words your advertising

you are my angel

my demon

I am possessed by my possession

your body is a sweet wrapper

I love you

Sticky and gooey

Your soul and mine

entwined.

Waiting for the girl in the fire

March 23, 2020 by dhooksy in poetry and tagged alienpoet, flames, goddess, inspiration, Love, poem, poetry, Sophia, spoken word, storytelling, woman, yang, yin | Leave a comment

I have tried to keep my promises

I have tried to keep my vows

I have tried to keep my actions

I have tried to keep my course locked on you

I have held your voice in my head

when will it be my turn to save you instead

you the woman in the flames

on a throne of white light

I am desperate to fight

for the right to hold you in my arms

When will we speak with tongues unguarded

by the rules they have written

we all mean something to one another

Sisters and brothers

you are the word of love in my mouth

the song in my heart

you are the mornings light

the birds dancing mid flight

You told me you’d need me in the future

The flames descend from the sky

I am you and you are me

Yin and yang’s everlasting embrace

I know our soul cannot just die.

Mum

March 22, 2020 by dhooksy in poetry and tagged alienpoet, beauty, child, Love, mother, Mother’s Day, Mum, personal, poem, poetry, spoken word, woman | Leave a comment

Your kind words guide me, your gentle hands wipe away my tears

you fight fiercely to protect me from all my fears

You are my mother the one who brought me into the world

No one can break the bond we have

Even through the bittersweet memories

and the many roles you fulfil

you looked after me through the many times I was ill

and I am a reflection of all the love you have shown

You were my only friend in times when I was alone

You encouraged me when I felt like breaking

you took me places to see the world and you made me awaken

You still tell stories and give me words to tell

Mum in my heart you will always have a space to dwell

You lighten the weight on my shoulders

You make me feel as if I can take on anything now I am older

Mum you are the one who has time for me even when life is cluttered full

you gave my life more joy than I can ever appreciate still.

Ancestor’s song

March 21, 2020 by dhooksy in poetry and tagged alienpoet, ancestors, art, ashes, death, hope, inspiration, music, poem, poetry, rebirth, song, spoken word, storytelling | Leave a comment

These ashes

this dust,

this earth

from where I emerged

this rain

this pain

the blood surges

in my veins

these hands outstretched towards the sky

could be branches of trees

life is better taught when it dances

to music

through bodies through knees

whether we can hear the music or not

we dance to the tunes of our ancestors

their dreams beat in our chests

and bless our minds and souls

sometimes I think their ghosts watch on

or are reincarnated into our songs.

The writer

March 20, 2020 by dhooksy in poetry and tagged alienpoet, answers, goddess, inspiration, poem, poetry, spoken word, spokenword, storytelling, wisdom, writer | Leave a comment

The clatter of screams
as vulnerable as a photo in time of the ill
looking inward to madness for the pill
looking for scape goats
to coat our sadness in grief
the way out temperature of relief
we are the haunted hungry ghosts
from an island mentality
caught in avarice like animality
the bleeding hearts couldn’t hold back their pack instincts
the writer keeps his thoughts succinct
but the light is where we are all linked
Hope must shine a light to scare the darkness away
we need the goddess to shine her rays
Wisdom is in the creation myth
but lies can’t paint the truth
the artist doesn’t need proof
the scientist his heart speaks louder than the rhythm in his chest
The door way answers the key with a rest.

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