Tuesday 3 July 2012

WALK LIKE THUNDER, WRITE LIKE RAIN


I walk like thunder,
Write like rain,
Until  the world
Just falls away.
A fragile heart,
Broken skin,
Beneath the steel
I hide within.
Cascade on me,
Oh summer sun,
And let in light
Where I've begun
To die and fester
Mould and rot,
The husk of me
That time forgot.

I walk like thunder,
Write like rain,
I try to stop
Familiar pain
From taking hold
From getting in,
From overtaking
From within.
But I can’t win
This race in time
My heart a clock,
Its wings divine.
I tread upon
These angel wings,
I wake and stare
And still can’t sing.
For all I need
When I'm in doubt
The only thing to do,
But shout,
Is walk like thunder,
Write like rain,
Again
Again
Again
Again.

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