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Wednesday 21 October 2015

How Many Lost Souls Cry Out Tonight?

How many lost souls cry out tonight?
Thousands of hearts' fragmented plight,
breaking in two beyond the light; 
hiding in fear's shadows... out of sight 

Tormented minds endlessly churning
Rivers of tears; molten lava falling
Memory's cruel whispers' torridly taunting
Ignored, desperate pleas... lovers calling  

Heartbreak-venom pulsing around veins 
Splintered dreams piercing sleep's fragile veil
Insomnia sick, into the abyss they sail 
Praying reconciliation... but to no avail 

© Debbie Razey 2015









Sunday 18 October 2015

Forest Nymph

Before I bed down on autumn's mellifluous, deft patchwork;
snuggly, within crimson, saffron, magenta, burnt-orange hues 
I first take time to revel in the resplendent fall's sunlight;
ebulliently savouring my last, sweet, luscious honeyed-dew 

For my secure winter-bed, it does beckon sagaciously,
though the succulent, ripe, jewelled forest-fruits do bid me stay
My eyes steal a frame of the azure, crystalline horizon
Finally, deep into hibernation's... slumber I stray 

© Debbie Razey 2015





Tuesday 13 October 2015

Pinned

Wrestling 
    with my thoughts
        ...my sanity

Believing 
    in one thing
        yet craving
            ...very much
                another

I am baffled 
    by the complexity
        of the simplicity 
            which...
                eludes me still

Filtering 
    memories from dreams;
        dreaming dreams
            not just reliving 
               distorted... 
                   faceless-facts

Confronting 
    the ugly 
        the untamed; 
            that which 
                lurks
                    beneath...
                        the veneer 
                            which others polish
                       
Free-falling...
    desperately
        and despondently
            into a 
                languid,
                   lacrimal lake
                      of my own making 

Drowning 
    in the loneliness 
        which I've 
            so deftly 
                painted:
                    all through 
                        striving
                            simply....
                                too hard

Perfectionism 
    has gagged
        ...for too long
            my wild
                incandescent voice

Ideals
    morales 
        bind
            painfully 
                my feet;
                    they make me 
                        ...lame

My violin-heart
    ...weeps
        promises 
            laced with tragedy
                whilst 
                    my out-of-body 
                        transcends
                            that which is real

Dancing 
    with dalliances 
        which
            will never be; 
                the what if's 
                    ...the maybes

I am 
    too young
        to evaporate; 
            to seep...
                into these 
                    caged-walls 
                        of safe 
                            mediocrity

Yet
    like a butterfly 
        pinned
           to a page
               ...I fade 

© Debbie Razey 2015




Friday 9 October 2015

Illumined

As the earth beneath me falters, 
enticed by the moon, I'll take flight; 
having hope, my fate, it alters
I have at last, now, seen the light 

For life's only a perception,
a projection of what's inside;
fear is the greatest deception
that, and of course, ego and pride

So like a child without filters,
I'll learn purely to see again
and when my outlook's in kilter,
then happiness, I'll need not feign 

On each prayer-balloon I let go
I will inscribe upon a dream;
into the celestial they'll flow,
illumined by stars and moonbeams 

© Debbie Razey 2015






Tear Down

Tear down the bricks and mortar, 
cage-roofs which block out sky;
return now to natures bosom,
seeking astrology's wisdom
- for we've, all, been taught lies

They've cast us into darkness,
weakened, isolated,
separated from universe;
materialism is our curse
- dreams annihilated 

So my friends, fear not the end,
for symbiotic life
enlightenment can now begin; 
never again to be bidden
- free from, all, manmade strife 

So, now look beyond the walls,
see and feel with your heart;
harmonise with creations pace, 
remember, we are made of space
- a life lived well... is art

© Debbie Razey 2015





Saturday 3 October 2015

Glow

Amber glow of ethereal light
takes my soul and gives it flight
Thank you... Moonlight! 

© Debbie Razey 2015 - Violet Moon Poetry




Friday 2 October 2015

Divine Trust

Gazing from the precipice of destruction
I am... surprisingly calm:
as my earthly body
is of little consequence; 
as I know,
my soul's safe, 
in your grace...
from all spiritual harm 

© Debbie Razey 2015









Thursday 1 October 2015

The Gift

He had promised her the moon,
it was one he wished to keep;
as his patter and his vanities
had landed him in trouble deep

At first he tried to net it,
the light, it just filtered through;
his aim was bang on target
but the moon, would not be… harpooned

At a loss for what to do,
he called, then, upon wise stars;
he begged them to surround it
but they ignored him from afar

Grandiose heroic plans
were mostly well intended;
though blatantly ill-equipped
unimpressed was his intended

He knew if, now, defeated
she would never trust again;
with his energy depleted
oh how could he, the moon, contain?

Then a wise old owl flew by
enquired "what, sir, is your woe"
he explained his dire dilemma
how his love was sure to go

After some lengthy contemplation
the owl benignly chastised;
"fool, you've the moon already,
I see her shining in your eyes"

"If you want to give her the moon
then it's yourself, that you must give;
wholly and unselfishly
for only there can, true, love live"

So that eve he took his love
to a spot beside the lake;
and with moon-eyes he pledged true love
forever-plans they did make 

The morale of this poem
is that love is not possessed
it shines within our actions
an unconditional bequest

© Debbie Razey 2016 (revisited)