Martin Shone's Blog, page 23

How a teddy bear helped me find a lost file.

Phew! Why am I so relieved? It’s because I’ve found a file I thought had vanished. My laptop has been blowing a storm for a while now and has crashed several times and I’ve had to reinstall Windows a couple of times too. After this last crash it’s been working for a few weeks but … More How a teddy bear helped me find a lost file.

right here, I feel

right here this echo of life this shapeless night wondering what went wrong why it went wrong right here a dream almost beating breathing feels no longer automatic and yet it goes on right here the essence of life fades into the night sleeping not sleeping it’s all the same right here time has taken … More right here, I feel

Dance

Sitting here amidst silent pages of unread books notebooks of forgotten poems melodies yet to be played scribbled dreams, tortured questions, impossible desires, sacred fantasies wasted ink Sitting here as the chill of night descends candles breathe the beauty of your soul which touches my heart and I am warmed for sleep, to dream and … More Dance

Crushing butterflies

Those clouds heavy with rain resembling pain sit up there and just, utter their contempt as they shuffle along manifesting while down here pain resembles snow with its weight pushing, tugging; silencing life crushing butterflies till they themselves become misty rainbows when the sun breaks through Advertisements

What is Christmas?

*** Christmas, what is it but a waste of electricity a pagan festival removed a flood of angels’ tears the death of the butterfly a time of impossible sorrow the night side of happiness a smile upon an expectant face a forgotten memory a mythology of remarkable provocations or an open-hearted flower … What is … More What is Christmas?

Find your soul

Be true look inside search for it. Open yourself to your open self. Look around, see and watch for the moments. Smile as you come across the You that you once were. Know that what is in you is also in all of us and it lives waiting silent because we are all one spirit … More Find your soul

Closed books

Closed books do their best to elicit a memory of being written When open they emit virginity old age sacrifice Closed books reveal nothing except for the curious Open their odorous lust tells their tales Closed books remain silent out of sunlight indoors broken Pages flutter through time feelings dreams until, dust becomes them until, … More Closed books

Human is sacrifice

Do I walk in the dark because I fear the light or because darkness decompresses me Do I work through pain because I can’t afford the shame or because pain gives me substance Was I born to be human because the others didn’t want me or because human is sacrifice Should I step into the … More Human is sacrifice

How they fall

How they fall the dead already dying before the fall not long to go it seems as leaf’s breath wind chimes death imagine now the dead not quite ready to relinquish the call isn’t such a thing for no voice of vibration exists cold in the warmth of coloured grief where leaves learn the lesson … More How they fall

clouds

to understand to be aware to acknowledge clouds those blankets of peacefulness and violence we reach beyond to that shroud whence we came perhaps to understand freedom perhaps to be aware of love perhaps to acknowledge our failures And there are those clouds gone in a whisper in the time it takes to write a … More clouds