When death and failure called me,
When hate and anger wrote me notes,
When bitterness and revenge tried to drown me,
It was peace and love that kept my spirit afloat,
.
Countless mistakes I have made,
And from each and every one of them I have learnt,
Cos when I was crawling through the devils fires,
I realised that peace was the thing that stopped me from getting burnt,
.
My eyes once only saw darkness,
But I taught myself how to see the light,
And I realised you don’t need violence and hate,
To be able to stay strong and win in your fight,
.
To do the right thing,
Sometimes is the hardest thing to do,
But a peaceful and happy outcome,
Is always the best for them… me… and you,
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The fear of the unknown will forever remain strong,
But I face it with confidence as I face each and every turn,
Focussing on the pain and frustration in my heart always made me fail,
But it was from them failures that made me grow and learn,
.
And I do no longer care for the hiss,
That comes from the long and forgotten snake,
Cos the jungle sounds will always be around,
But no longer do I focus on all it’s negativity and it’s hate,
.
Even the webs of the spider,
That kept my woes forever entangled,
Has now lost its ability to trap me,
And from the webbed noose of bitterness I am longer strangled,
.
I no longer care for revenge,
For yesterday’s news,
Ahead of me is a path of anger and a path of peace,
And which one my life has, depends on what path I choose,
.
Cos when it comes to The Pen and The Sword,
Life taught me how to hold both,
But when I let go of one and I picked up the other,
My failures then started turning into growth,
.
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I am an artist…
A troubled and broken poet of the damned,
And the darkness that once consumed me no longer stands victorious,
As harmonious Zen took the stand,
.
But I’m not saying darkness didn’t leave it’s mark,
And the burnt remnants will forever lay thick in my heart,
And my poetry that survives me, will forever remain dark,
But knowing how to want to live when you do not want to live,
That my friends……… IS the art…..

Wrote on: 02/05/2025