'To Give Painless Light' – A Selection of Poems by LJS

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Poem 4: House of Rain

come now
leave your house of rain
walk now
we are in time
talk now
the trees will listen
smile now
the squirrel enquires
laugh now
the hedgehog clowns
cry now
the rabbit broken in snare
gentle now
the young deer in his eye
quickly now
the fox is running… Read the rest


Poem 3: Blue

Blue

pale morning

Blue

mid-day high

Blue

night deep

Blue

all but

My Love

crimson day… Read the rest


Poem 2: sightless door

footsteps now walking in my mind
with a slow and measured tread,
the sky of illusion breaks and falls,
now, screams the stranger in my head.

alone within this lively crowd
of thoughts the conscience fears,
silence trys, but will never drown
the sadness that laughs and jeers.

the tongue … Read the rest


Poem 1: Yesterday

and now I hear
a farewell cry
a shout of pain
falls from the sky
a wheeling gull
does fly
my senses mulled
to die
a fool
of anguish torn
rising in the morn
of a life
that needs
no prayer
to live its day
and continually stare
with bewildered… Read the rest