there’s less ahead than what came before
but when a man meets the mountain
he asks why it keeps standing there
& thinks not to count his blessings
the man would sooner meet a well
whereupon he’d drink deep down
plumbing the depths of misery
beneath the mistletoe abandoned
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2025
i wish you were here
sunny cheeked & fond embrace
i wish you were whole
happy, loved & full of years
alert to now’s potential
all eyes turn away
scared of soaking up my tears
adding to my years
all souls melt away
scared of adding to their years
my desolation
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2024
My life goes alone
But it is not a safe life for anyone,
I just hold on to all that I can …
Try this or that, but I am a lost boy.
And when you say, “Maybe, I will read you
In a book store one day” …
I know you are gone.
I am a lost boy writing my life in a song,
And that is all I will ever be.
That is all I will ever have
To give you my darling lady. I will
Always love you, and you will be gone.
by JOHN FEASTER
© All rights reserved 2017
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© All rights reserved 2016-2018
quietness fills the air
all I hear are my footsteps
all I see is the mist of air leaving my mouth
my breathing is becoming labored
my knees are hurting
my side has knife stabbing pains
all this is becoming white noise
the pain is getting worse
I smile
because I know it will be stopping soon
everything will be stopping soon
I have been slowly climbing a tall mountain
my tall mountain
I have been climbing it for years it seems
I can see the mountain top
my pulse quickens
a gasp is let out
I am at the precipice of nirvana
there is no one here for me
I am alone
I quicken my pace to a full sprint
in a second I will have reached the mountain top
and will full on leap off it
finally
my destiny
finally
hopefully
there will be people on the other side waiting for me
hello and goodbye world
thanks for nothing
because you gave me nothing
by PURPLE CREATURE
© All rights reserved 2015
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