Still feeling choking excitement
no time to breathe
just time to move
and gather speed
no time to breathe
just time to move
and gather speed
*
This sad chasm
void between tracks
you’re either endlessly wrong
or endlessly
coming back
void between tracks
you’re either endlessly wrong
or endlessly
coming back
*
I know a place
where people
don’t live like this
where they pass through walls
like easy ghosts
always in the light
where people
don’t live like this
where they pass through walls
like easy ghosts
always in the light
Light and survive.
*
The only animals
that live willingly in snares
and take each other
for walks around
their wounds
that live willingly in snares
and take each other
for walks around
their wounds
*
Illusions have the prettiest shine
*
The struggle is over
freedom is at hand
but sometimes running unharnessed
is harder than running in sand
freedom is at hand
but sometimes running unharnessed
is harder than running in sand
*
A new man is born from a collision
*
Do nothing.
Come to motionless beauty
with all senses awake
Come to motionless beauty
with all senses awake
*
Someone has just blown out a candle
and made a wish
but I never saw them
too busy thinking
about the spines of trees
cracking in the breeze
and made a wish
but I never saw them
too busy thinking
about the spines of trees
cracking in the breeze
*
You are my number one casualty
but you gave empty handed
and walked out so casually
that it’s almost a shame
to draw webs on your name
but you gave empty handed
and walked out so casually
that it’s almost a shame
to draw webs on your name
*
A restless woman
is a dangerous thing
she might leave before breakfast
and whistle
in another field
or stand up and
fold before your eyes
is a dangerous thing
she might leave before breakfast
and whistle
in another field
or stand up and
fold before your eyes
*
Punished for wanting to travel faster than life
*
To the surface we must go
and when we get there
we’ll break it
and when we get there
we’ll break it
*
I must sink deep into the well
to hoist a spark of life
on this tarnished chain
to hoist a spark of life
on this tarnished chain
*
I demand access to somewhere quieter and greener
*
Advice to poets:
EAT YOUR WORDS
AND HAVE INDIGESTION
FOR LIFE !!!!
Copyright The Estate of Mark Brawn
EAT YOUR WORDS
AND HAVE INDIGESTION
FOR LIFE !!!!
Copyright The Estate of Mark Brawn
Transcendent Zero Press 