birdyblack

STRENGTH The strength lies within Where truth is clear and real Where quietly you listen To how you really feel You are stronger than you imagine More healthy than you know What happens on the outside

SECRET Scratch the surface, pierce the skin Let the secret seep right in Beneath the skin, beneath the bone You are mine, and mine alone And despite its undisputed flaws Know that my damaged heart is yours

Auction On a windy day in a tree-lined street Stood a handsome house, quiet and neat The milling crowd shuffled their feet As they stood on the curb in the gentle heat In a tree-lined street on a windy

Within my Grasp Imagine Relaxing in a warm bath....... Imagine Someone pulls the plug birdyblack

The Want Ad Lazy days, intimate chat Challenging tone: can you improve that? Apply in writing; do it today If you've nothing to lose and have plenty to say Looking for fun; no strings attached Man needs

The Cactus The cactus flower has no fears And from its leaves it sheds no tears No need for warmth or light or rain The cactus simply feels no pain Yet it can hurt if you should touch It doesn't care for

CANNIBALS Cannibals eat human flesh Tearing, ripping slicing with ease The smell of burning flesh Wetting the tastebuds, ready to please But they won't eat the brain The head cut off and placed on a stake

MY FRIDGE There was no lettuce in my fridge Just a patch of slime I wondered where my lettuce went And why this slime was lime Another day I discovered A pool of vivid red My tomatoes had gone missing

THE JOYS Monday I was suicidal Tuesday comatose Wednesday brought a bout of blues Thursday was just gross Friday perked me up a bit Saturday I slept Sunday moped about the house Monday I just wept The

BLANK Blank pages firmly shut No ink to bleed Along the margins If thoughts produced more colour I could read But I can't birdyblack

MY BOSS My boss wants his coffee so I jump I try to put in poison but it lumps I try to add more sugar but there's none left I try to spill it on him but he's too deft I put in a scorpion, a quick and

THE RECEPTIONIST Somebody asked for the tall one But I said you were out to tea Somebody rang for the smart one But I thought they were talking about me Somebody asked for the pain in the bum But you were

It only takes one crack in the sidewalk To grow a flower Think of all that power One bends, one breaks And that's all it takes ~~~•~~~•~~~•

These wonderful words Are for the birds ~~•~•~~ These wings These marvellous things ~~•~•~~ Were meant to fly Said I