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"Waiting for the Sun"
by Wayne EN Friendship (2003-12-09)

There is a man by a campfire
Watching the spaces between
Thought and reflection
The vast distances seen

He sits with blanket
Grey and frayed
Patterned with food colouring
And the tribal markings
Of a Chieftan

He stares at the sunset
Golden-orange light reflected in eyes
Just sitting there
Watching and seeing
All that was made

He sees the birds fly towards their sleeping night
He sees the sun lower that little bit more
Mountains eating into it
Clouds enhance it

Cool air against his face
Wind swallowing the hair around
His chasm chiselled face
He watches the dying sun
Lose the fight with night

Knowing there is balance and symmetry
He closes his eyes and starts to rest
Reassured that the sun will rise once more

Staining the ocean behind him
A bright coral pink colour
Waiting for the warmth to reach nape of exposed neck
Waking him once more

So as he sleeps
And the campfire dwindles away
The sea waves lapping against shore
A gentle lullaby
To the ocean chorus of whales
Somewhere nearby


"The Tiny Moth"
by Lauren Roussin EN Emotion (2002-10-01)

the tiny moth that flitters
all around the light
will never see the darkness
of the black n starry night

she made to live a life of lies
and never try to see
how her life could end up
or what she could be

but she lives her life attached
to the bright yellow tinted light
never looking forward
for the dreadful fear of fright

for she never lived among the shadows
only in the light
she’s never seen the outside world
she only knows what’s 'right'

her life has kept her locked away
in the brightened room
she feels it is her sanctuary
but its more like her tomb

she’s too afraid to come out now
she'll live her life of lies
she wants to know the truth in life
so she sits at night and cries

she wants to view the world herself
to see what she’s missed in the dark
well she is surely in for shock
this will surely light a spark

in her mind knowledge will grow
she will soon know what’s wrong
shell learn to be less weak
and she will grow so strong

she’s no longer locked away
she has escaped her cage
and now she knows why she’s been filled
with years and years of rage

now she knows the pain of love
and how a heart can break
now she knows the worlds not perfect
and how the earth can quake

maybe next to her light
is where she should have stayed
confined in her little world
is where she should have played

she’s been transformed from what she was
into what she'll now always be
not the tiny little moth
because now this girl is free

for in the shadows now she lurks
she hates the lights of day
and in the shadows is where she vows
she will now always stay

an angry child once naive
to the painful darkness of night
the little moth should have stayed and flickered
all around that light

for now her sweetness; wasted
and all just to see
how her life could end up
and what she could be


"Requiem For Tina"
by Sara S. EN Death (2002-08-27)

Hear my words of mourning
Throughout this bitter land
As you slipped away
I could only pray
Your angelic voice, be your guiding hand

So long our friendship lasted
Good times and bad we faced
You never let life get you down
In your hands, my heart I placed

For every waking moment
When you were never there
I thought of what might happen to you
Those thoughts I can not bare

Then Id see your smiling face
Your eyes glittering in the sun
All of those thoughts were washed away
My angel, my Tina, the one

When the day came
For you to leave
And for me to say goodbye
The words wouldnt come out
I couldnt let go
So all I did was cry

You looked at me
Wiped away my tears
And told me,
Dont be sad...
for all the days I spent with you...
were he best days I've ever had..

At those words, your eyes, they closed
And your soul drifted away
But the true love
That I felt for you
I still feel to this day


""fuck you, sugar""
by Kelsey EN Emotion (2002-08-20)

the sky tonight,
black and empty,
reminds me
vaguely
of your eyes

and there's nothing
but a vast
void
left behind the
drifting
clouds -

it's just like
your eyes were
that time
when you said

'Well fuck you, sugar
cuz life don't give a damn,
and neither do I.'

and then you walked
away
without another word

and it made me
wonder
at the time, but
I soon forgot
all about it -

until I saw
the sky tonite,
so empty
and unclaimed


"Homeless"
by Graham Howard EN People (2000-12-24)

One of the old blokes he got us some booze.
We drank and we drank till we started to snooze.
Because when your asleep right,you just aint got a care.
Thats when reality stops and you leave you nightmare.
No one to judge you to laugh or to scoff.
Call you a scavenging git and get told to F
k off.
You don't have any fleas and you smell nice and clean.
No one Give's you kicking or calls you obscene.
You still have a family that cares what you've done.
You still have your parents who still love their son.
Then flash its morning and you know in your heart
Its back to reality and the real nightmare starts.



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