Valentines flowers

Alone on valentines, I roam, but not lonely, I own
my part in the world. paid for with tears shed as I've grown
The heart I seek could be just on the next street
or boarding a train to this town as we speak
love works in unexpected ways, it is never predictable
just a chance exchange or a smile can create something unsinkable

Often look at myself with withered eyes
disgruntled sighs, I don't like the sights
but on this day of hearts and roses
chocolates and cards, fearful proposals
I look inside and try to love every little mis-fitting edge
each broken piece, the parts that cause me to wretch
If you can't love yourself even a little inside
then how can anyone else see the magic that you hide

Alone on this Valentines eve, I breathe
air so full of energy and power, fills the lungs with belief
hope and heart go hand in hand like a young couple
taking their first stuttered steps, a warming cuddle
as the moon dances across the black ocean of space, the vast expanse
I feel love inside, for one day we will get our chance at romance
until then I enjoy the world, the stars, the colours, the wonders
the picture postcard moments that we all share, unfazed by distant thunders

So if like me you are taking in the sun on a solo journey
then don't be low, let your heart flow, like valentines flowers grow
look at the gifts you have, you will see that there are many 
and tomorrow the sun will rise and the rains will slow
the tears won't fall
for the heart that you seek
will have heard your call
so love yourself, for being unique

Thanks For Reading.

Peace & Love.

Kyle.

New Cardboard City Video and other news!!

So, on a chilly February evening we decided to venture down to the canalside, to film some footage of me perfoming Cardboard City (From my collection 'The Night Watchman' available on Amazon!)

With Camera Work By the awesome @PhotographyAndrewLee
aided by the wonderful @Maria Humblebee.

here are the results of this true team effort.
Hope you all enjoy, It was an experience!

Or you can watch over at my Facebook Page (Please Like and Follow it all helps!)

https://www.facebook.com/wordsandfluff/videos/1231596867049708/

and those eagle eyed viewers may notice the hoodie, so it's about time to let the cat  outta the bag...

The next book is coming very soon

'Lone Wolf' 

Which is shaping up to be a real rollercoaster of emotions!

Thanks for Watching/Reading.
Peace & Love.
Kyle.

Fire/Brimstone

What drives this world we live in?

the hellish nightmare; a fire and brimstone portend

where is it all heading, a dark sun setting

on a door marked exit, a sign reading dead end

How can we smile through the pain of a child sent to die; in a place of learning

in schools they are taught to fight, arm themselves with guns and knives

does fear fuel the studious mind, as the ashes surrounding are still burning

how can we just go about our daily lives?

How can we make amends for this sad decline?

how many tears will need to be shed, how many young lives shot dead

how many knife wounds will need to be seen, before we call it the end of the line?

how many obituaries will need to be read?

How can we go on, as if the world isn’t spinning out of control?

what is our role? consumers of a news footage overdose

we inject the fears into our hearts through our eyes into our very souls

as the flames of funeral pyres inch close

How can we keep our heads, knowing the way this ill wind is blowing?

how do we turn this around?

when the price of education is blood flowing

the genie is out of the bottle

some genius thought arming kids was a sound ideal

but with weapons at arms we always end in a battle waged at full throttle

For hearts, for minds, for you and me

them and us, all and everyone, humanity as one

this world needs to unite

untie the blindfolds from our eyes, tear off our gags

share our voices, a united cry

no more innocents need to die

Thanks For Reading.

Peace & Love.

Kyle.

Tongue Tied

Was it all a dream, did I read the lines

with eyes closed tight, did I misread signs

should I have let my mind dance for miles

in loneliness - as the moonlight smiles

should I let words of beauty, sway me, will they betray me

if I say this out loud will they berate and hate

we will never know as my voice is at sea

sailing away, whilst I sit in silence, wishing on a star named fate

Self esteem is a shadow creeping off into the distance

it's low, and falling like a stone that shatters the ground in two

like beating hearts sat so wide apart 

yet so close the beats start to sync in a strange co-existence

was it a dream I once knew?

I spill myself on a page, my art is from inside

yet I cant let the words brave my lips

I rage instead, at my silent mouth at the way it becomes tongue-tied

I feel so ill equipt, the words come so easily on paper but in reality

they sink like the wreck of a ship

sometimes my panic slips for all of a few beats

and suddenly the waves of words are unleashed

but those times are few and far between

for the rest its like a silent movie, on the big screen

I wish I could find my voice, share my soul with flair

let my words be in the air, rather than a paper figment of fiction laid bare

but until then I scream inside, I let the words ring around

I hear them in the moments when the world dulls down

and I write them on this paper right here

Thanks For Reading.

Peace & Love.

Kyle.

Would You?

But would you offer me your heart

would you take my hand

would you dive down to the darkness I hold and tear it apart

would you be my dry land safety island

Would you really?

Be there when the days are falling around us

would you be able to wipe away the tears

that crawl from distant lives through my misty eyes, would you accept this

would you be able to keep calm when my head is spinning through all of its gears

Would you really?

Be able to see the silver linings through the misty blue

the hints that sit in grey skies - would you let me fly

or would you pull me down, to the ground where I feel untrue

would you let me cry, if I needed to

Would you really?

Be able to shine a light through the cave that sits in my head

would you help me find my way out, passing the demons that hide on corners

would you help me make peace with my lost past - memories left dead

or would you turn and walk, away from the mourners

Would you really?

Sing to me in a way that makes my heart skip beats

dance with me as we find our way through this world of lurking beasts

break through the barriers that cause us to lose sleep

even as my voice stutters, would you take this leap

Would you really?

Let me give you my heart

its a bit torn and tattered - worn out through disuse but it still starts

or would you take the offering and rip it apart

leave me to collect all the scraps that sit on the ground like abstract art

Would you?

 

Thanks For Reading.

Peace & Love.

Kyle

Imagination

Let imagination run - like a tap on full flow
turn your mind into a sponge, soak up the crystal aqua afterglow
don't let people try to plug the waters or cease the flood
they cant stem the torrents of thought - that is your lifeblood

Let dreams fill your mind to the brim
then take a dive under the waves and swim
don't let the dark depths bring fear
explore instead, the sea of thoughts running clear

Let yourself be you, who you know to be real
not a fake aiming for ideals
or something that you think is expected of your ordeals
don't let others sway your thoughts - they can be your best friends on cold nights
let them hold you by the hand, showing you wonders - taking in a showcase of dazzling lights

Let the images delight, like a bird taking flight
let the beating of its wings, inspire true insights
don't let people shoot them down by filling you with dread
let your head dance in the heights instead

let hope surround like clouds, converging before a downpour
then lie back and hear the sky roar, ignoring the life led before
don't let the dark edges of a storm singed cloud
ground the sparks that fire in your mind
instead let the electricity light the mist enshrouded ground
with a flash to show the path you need to find  

Let the smiles guide
avoid sitting in fear, as frowns take you for a ride
don't let pride stop you from enjoying this life
dance as if the fear doesn't make you writhe

Let tomorrow wait for you, as you live in today enjoying all on view
don't rush to reach the end, take time to enjoy being you
don't look through yesterdays picture book, as a lost place
let it educate -  a school of escapades, one in which you gained the highest grades

Thanks For Reading.

Peace & Love.

Kyle.

Before You Go

Before you go, can we just lie here
focus on our room, the times we shared
can we let the past flow away
like a bad dream down the drain
a wave across a sea of pain
like raindrops in an ocean
can we let the past wash away into nothing
except a sea of emotion

Before you get up and leave
could we, just sit a while
breathe
and remember the embers of the fire that
burned bright
like a solar flare through dulled skies
can we talk in silent voices
let those hushed words speak for us
let the sad look in red eyes tell a story
or do we call this history

Before you open the door
can we end this cold war
or at least thaw the ice to stop it from freezing our hearts to the core
I never want to see those tears fall from your bright eyes

I don't want to witness the rains fall from inside

Before we part
can I just tell you that
my heart
wont beat
it will just crack into splinters
torn apart
fragile the delicate glass that formed
once this heart of sand was warmed

Could we, just let time flow backwards
so that today becomes history
let the hands tick, silently anticlockwise
around the face of the clock, would that be wise
to turn back to a time, when the sun shone brightly upon our lives
could we try?
to survive
to let love live
and hurt die

Thanks For Reading.

Peace & Love.

Kyle.