Category: 3. Poems

Pessimist

 

My heart is filled with

an unbearable sadness

when I see the world

when I see what we have done

and the mistakes we have made.

 

by Scooj

True

 

I have a problem

with authority figures

I’m not a ‘yes man’

I think my integrity

too often gets in the way.

 

by Scooj

Birthday

 

The older I get

the less certain I become

about anything;

a condition my young self

would struggle to understand.

 

by Scooj

Hunters

 

In the night

when all is pitch black

they will come

baring teeth

stealing the dreams from children

and wreaking havoc

 

by Scooj

Snow

 

Table top

covered with new snow

and a leaf

since fallen

reminder of passing time

and lifetime consumed.

 

by Scooj

A farewell

 

Thumping heart

be silent a while

let me breath

I must see

her countenance one last time

before all is lost

 

by Scooj

 

Antiperspirant

.

Unbelievable!

girl on the train applies mist

to her whole body

under and over her clothes;

the smell of it lingers on.

.

by Scooj

New beginning

 

Feel the light

intensifying

from here on

for a while

revitalising my soul

and making my day.

 

by Scooj

Lifetime

 

As a boy

I went to Star Wars

number four.

Together

with my son, we are going

to see number eight.

 

by Scooj

Busker

 

Haunting sounds.

Accordion plays

minor tones,

singing soft

with melancholic stanzas;

I hold back the tears.

 

by Scooj