1986

Never forget the days, the world held its breath
Exchanging glances, under an invisible cloud of death
Vast expanses, evacuated never to return
Eventually we will have to learn
Remains of yesterday, a funeral procession shrouded in secrecy

Forward, An endless march, into the breach
Of a blast sight just out of reach
Robots march on vodka chasers
Greedy men profit in our failures
Echoes of the wind, a signal
The sound of death like a distant whistle

Catastrophe, It was impossible they said
Huddled in their bunkers, as they watch the living dead
Even as the sirens call
Refuse to tell the truth to all
No, they just call on heroes to save
Ordinary folk, must stand and be brave
Because of their lies, men went to their graves
Years of misery, the ashes drift up on high
Lets never forget those who died for a lie


Thanks For reading,
Peace & Love.
Kyle.

Stop + spoken word video

Stop, Just Stop
Voices cloud my brain, piercing and cluttering
they pummel my head, like atoms in Cern's large hadron collider thing
shouting their ill content, chuckling, with evil intent
until my will is broken and bent

Stop, Just stop
the shrill sound drills down into my ill mind
a cloud of hate, suffocate under the smog, voices so unkind
the fog on my brain, a stain on my name
am I to blame? the voices cant contain
they want to show my final curtain
am I hurting? on the inside my tears pour like acid rain
corroding my empty brain, filled with only pain

STOP, JUST STOP
the constant murmur, it keeps going further
cant find an escape, warfare inside, a hate filled fervour
Tried the bottle, just got smashed
I clattered and crashed, my hopes too often dashed
words rain down like hail, stones bruise my mind so fragile
yet still they shout, they never fail to rattle

STOP, JUST STOP

And breathe
I see you through the fog of faces
hear you, even as the conflict rages
see you under the spotlight calling
ready to catch me when I'm falling
ready to still the storms in my head
calm the waters I tread, ease the dread

Thanks for reading.

Peace & Love.

Kyle.

I Could Say

I could say
how you lift me high into the sky
but that doesn't convey, how my heart sighs peacefully as you breathe
or how my soul cries in anguish when you leave

I could say
That you make me complete
but that doesn't compete with the words floating free
the cherry sweet words I feel when you're all I see

I could say
That you are my world
but that isn't true, you're more than that, the universe
a galaxy swirled with verse, a blanket of stars unfurled, all that I observe

I could say
Three little words
They would be true, but would they hit you, like a freight train running through
when I want the words to fall out of the sky and sing to you

I could say
I Love You
But where would we go
when your in love with him and im just somebody that you used to know

Thanks for reading,

Peace And Love.

Kyle.

sleep

The screams and sighs
this cradle of fear
of all the tears and cries
in this bed of lies

Try to see some light
I fall to my knees
can no longer fight
all of the ghosts that lurk in the night

The waves I'm under
the darkness encircles
enshrouds like thunder
under grey clouds I wander

The words that I shout
the hurt is set in
of that theres no doubt
as my heart storms out

I scream for release
away from these addictive needs
I plead for a seed to grow a tree of peace
a calm sea, with no beasts to feast on my peaceful sleep, please

Thanks for reading.

peace and love

Kyle.

Enticing - now with added spoken word video

What makes you so enticing

is it the inviting way your words stick to the mind like toffee icing

is it the pictures that your eyes see

like a visionary, a poet with her mind free

What makes you so desired

is it the way your words lift me higher

on clouds I bound, don't want to come down

we can just live here watch over the ground

What makes you so unique

is it the way that you think, or the words you speak

is it the worlds you paint in rose tinted print

page after page I'm lost within

What makes you so special

is it the way you treat your mind like a temple

a palace to hide in, when dark nights bring fork lightning

when the world outside frightens your words are inviting

What makes you so strong

is it the way that the world treated you wrong

gave you a push to keep fighting on

helped to turn your words into song

Thanks For reading,
Peace and Love.
Kyle

Nic Nac Shop

Seen through a lens, a sepia tinged street remains
with old deserted alleys and lanes
old memories lain asleep in dreams of flames
those past moments now only kept in picture frames

The little nic nac shop
where time eloped and sloped off
A shelf of memories, dust topped story books
rust coloured histories of old days and weary looks

Deserted towns, disused parking lots
replacement bus service long ago stopped
the tourists no longer look
at the open pages of the towns history book

No visits, in this old misfitting part of the city
no where to go to see the sights so pretty
the area marked down as a write off
these streets that time forgot

The little nic nac shop
all that remains in this dreary backdrop
no one around to see the sights or gaze on the days unseen ways
disused, mislabelled, reminders of all those yesterdays

Thanks for reading,

Peace and love

Kyle.

stormy waters

You knocked me down, a blow to the head
kicked in the teeth, left for dead
was it something said, or the look of my face
was I to blame for this constant abusive chase

Flooded thoughts corrupt the minds peaceful rivers
like the tidal wave of pain that you deliver
I just wish for calm seas, no need to beat me
to soak in waters that ease the stings of this world I see

You shoved me down, under the surface I spluttered in resistance
the shimmer of light in the distance no help in this instance
the darkness clings cold and wet, to seep in to the skin
mixed with the blood and tears, the murky depths I'm drowning in

Like a boat with a leak, the anger filled me to the brim
a constant churning whirlpool of choppy thoughts tore me limb from limb
try to plug the gaps but the pressure keeps growing
as the storm clouds amass to wash the decks, already overflowing

Thunderous thoughts fill my mind, a blinding flash of pain as I'm back in the fight
another crash as the rumble keeps coming, the blows rain down, blood fills my sight
I'm sinking as the cracks start to show,  a boat with nowhere to go but below
under the waves where the rains cant go, I hide away wait for the sun to show

The waters calm, the storm moves ashore, I patch up the cracks
no longer under attack
rebuild my shell, the damage is deep but the seas are still
so in time ill find my island paradise and live in the hills

Thanks for reading.

Peace & Love.

Kyle.

Pushed Away

Pushed you away, I didn't want a friend

just another bottle painted with my name

saw a way to escape the pain, a path towards an end

I never wanted, nor did I crave, attention, was a way to the grave

Seen through a pint glass, a way to escape the past

rose tinted glasses were painted black, hate stuck fast

shook me to my core, broke all I stood for

mirror reflected back to the world before

As the bottle smashed against the floor

a promise sworn, broken as my heart tore

pushed so hard that no one could love the man I wore

the lost boy's disguise against his world at war

As the liquor spilled from my veins in a fit of rage

I bled, the remnants of the world I dreaded, I couldn't find the page

the map to show the way lied, I couldn't find the path

a boy in a forest no way through, I spewed my wrath

The man pulled a pint, a glass to erase the stains of my mind

self medicated to blot out the strained world, a place with no street sign

alone, I wanted to be, pushed you away, never wanted to be there you see

couldn't show who I'd become, reflections in my drink, show a man that wasn't me

Another bottle drops as the battle sounds crash

my two minds want to hit out, the hate I feel in a flash

The lost boy who couldn't find his place

the broken bruised man who took his space

Never wanted to drip so much poison, or cause such tension

the demons grip never lessened, as the voices screamed for attention

I needed to find my fight, it was inside all along

in this body that I once disowned 

Pushed away, to betray the portrait I'd painted myself

a picture of good, it wasn't worth the space on your shelf 

I'd lost the person I once was, dropped along the way

had to retrace my steps to find him,  long after the demons had gone away

Thanks for reading.

Peace & Love.

Kyle.

 

Seasons + spoken word

Seasons keep turning, like the hands on a clock

tick tock, the pendulum rocks, as we take stock

days pass, the weather changes on the fly

spring into summer, a gull cries into autumnal skies

Spring buds a new flower bloom, the last day of gloom

winter hums its final tune, alone under a bright new moon

a first kiss, as new love sways like a tree in the breeze

knocks you off your feet, spring just a tease of summers easy days

Seasons change quickly, days keep passing so briskly

memories of summer in the park, or on the beach spent with glee

they keep flooding me, brief reminders of yesterday

when we used to run and play, nothing could scare us away

The orange autumn call, like waterfalls of amber blossom teardrops

leaves fall in golden raindrops from the tree tops

ground shrouded with remnants of summer's passing, in the sky clouds amass

to watch as the days are drawing, and the nights begin to trespass

Winter falls as the last chime is called

the bells ring out for one and all

the year ends as it begins, a crash of gunpowder to see it in

the cycle starts again, a web of tangled memories, the endless threads we spin 

Thanks for reading.

Peace & Love.

Kyle.