LOCKED OUT

I tell her that I love her Every single day She doesn’t seem to notice And turns her head away I hold her close and kiss her She doesn’t seem to care I miss the woman she once was And cry into her hair We share this world no longer It’s now a bleaker place Her...

I AM NOT AFRAID

Noli temeram… nihil timeam… I am not afraid… I fear nothing… I do not dwell within the realm of Fear… Dread has relinquished its dominion unto me. Disquiet’s trespass has no lordship of my soul… Nor I am in the servitude of Terror. I am not afflicted by perfidious...

GUARDIAN

A guardian angel walks beside me And I am sure the he is you For the very day you went away It was then that in he flew I did as we had promised Walked that path and didn’t flinch Because of him it wasn’t lonely As I travelled on inch by inch When it was...

What e’er adorns the Tree

Tho evergreen, said conifers do pine For time of year when central to one’s home Whilst ‘sprucing up’ allows for each to shine Tradition sheds its light on ancient tome Twas ‘Tree of Life’ from which we took the form To bridge the gap ‘twixt Man and Lord above Then...

MISUNDERSTOOD

I thought once you had asked me ‘Please… Help rid my body of these fleas. These bites are driving me insane… I do not want to ask again.’ I did not help you, for instead… Your voice was just inside your head I thought once you had asked me ‘Please… Help end all...

HE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND

There was panic in the valleys As he story filtered through That our pit was due for closure And there’s nothing we could do. Our way of life in Ystrad Was known for miles around As a warm and caring village Where the men worked underground. Our choir was plauded...