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CAGED SWALLOW

CAGED SWALLOW

Songs from this cage

On Being Alive

I used to think that Hate was the most terrible and evil of all things But that was before I met Apathy She was lifeless, that bitch,… Read more “On Being Alive”

Feb 17, 2019 by Swallow

Movement

And so here, between the banks of hedges and dead winter trees I find my end Not the end of life, with no beginning or laughter But… Read more “Movement”

Jan 14, 2019 by Swallow

Pressure Cooker

I feel like a pressure cooker. Like a cauldron about to explode. All this pressure and no way to get rid of that I can see. No… Read more “Pressure Cooker”

Oct 22, 2018 by Swallow

Palette of Self

All that I am All that I could be All that I dream All these worlds before me Like a palette of selves Yet so limited I… Read more “Palette of Self”

Oct 10, 2018Oct 10, 2018 by Swallow

To the Little South African

I love you Despite what you have done to me Despite what you sometimes are I love you They say you only know you love her when… Read more “To the Little South African”

Sep 4, 2018 by Swallow

In the End

At the end, the dark will rise Over the final gasp of light before it dies But I will have gone long before Not in glory, but… Read more “In the End”

Aug 29, 2018Sep 3, 2018 by Swallow

Broken. Dead.

You reply And I weep For your words are the dead Hopeless and apathetic ash   Oh my darling, come to life! Wake up and live! How… Read more “Broken. Dead.”

Aug 26, 2018Aug 26, 2018 by Swallow

Meditation on bitches

Ah my dearest You cut the deepest For I care(d) about you the most And now I hate you the most Love and hate are never far… Read more “Meditation on bitches”

Aug 25, 2018 by Swallow

The Little Sparrow

The little sparrow flits lightly From branch to branch Fragile in its strength Barely seen at first glance   Quickly it dances Lightly it treads Perches with… Read more “The Little Sparrow”

Aug 24, 2018Aug 24, 2018 by Swallow

Shaped and Shaping

The people make the place As the place makes the people We make ourselves Whilst being made by others   Ivy upon walls grows slowly As do… Read more “Shaped and Shaping”

Aug 23, 2018Aug 23, 2018 by Swallow

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MYSELF:

Not yet man, no longer boy. Not strong in body, but strong in mind. Not happy, yet not depressed. Poor in wealth, rich in spirit. Young in age, old in mind. Sure of much, uncertain of more.

A strange case of  humanity I am, that is certain

WHY ME BLOG?

Catharsis, or purging, I suppose. A release of emotions to the world at large, as to contain them for much longer would mean a violent and unpleasant explosion, of  both my mind and heart….

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