Self Destruct
From the darkest side of life, you’ve dragged me down by the throat And here you are mocking me for not standing my own ground
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On Chronic Pain
I always forget how bad it is: the muscle tension, the screaming nerves, the fatigue, the looming nausea: worst of all, those head-aches inner lakes of fire And it is a sort of punishment:
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Reiver
An old Reaver's recolections...
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Eight years
Eight years since I last shead a tear either through pain or through fear, through heart break or sorrow or through joy or angst, I "manned up" as they say not letting emotion give me away,
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Sleep, baby, sleep
Night time: precious harmonies drift softly under the clouds Only the sweetest symphonies could possibly shift this silence Lullabies sung gently to your resting spirit
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BEHIND THE VESTRY DOOR
With the abuse of children by the Roman Catholic church again in the news, this seems an apt time to unleash this particular poem. It may offend, so read at your peril
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Society Needs Care Too - The Academic Background to 'Windows of Madness'
An academic-style discussion of modern mental health care policy (background to 'Windows of Madness').
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Rough and Tumble
You were bald, as long as I knew you, even in the military photographs of Lagos. Thick rimmed glasses and stay-press trousers.
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