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Cathedrals

of Isolation

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Alone

vastness

eerie silence

Time

stands still

Tall

lofty ideals stand

brittle

as pillars

chipped by the blows

Mortar dries

wishes

like crumbs

escape

into the vortex

of

despair

Depression

the Death-watch beetle

of mind and heart

scuttles about

searching for a hold

to settle

and gnaw

at

hope

trust

and

finally

LOVE

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Next door,

is so bright

luminescent in JOY

Love

is pouring

out

flooding

crazy

with a heat that burns

inside

so intensely

it forges altars

and a

fervour

of worship

that feels unbound

by

time or space

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Opposite.........

grief wails

screams

like a chilled steel blade

slicing

into the heart

& hope for Love

Darkness

Screeching spirit

gutteral silent spires of weeping

sorrow

twilight

of

no more starry nights

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Around the corner

laughter

mirth

fun & finesse

elegant success

carefree

monstrous trust

ecstacy of hearts melding

blazing

sunshine

shooting stars

sparkling

as comets

of happiness

and

reckless

wheels of pleasure

career onwards

into

whatever

beautiful destiny awaits

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Above

worry, towers

heart stopping shock

disbelief

pain claws ripping out life

searing tears

rush along a face

a hole in the self grows

bitter edges wither the spirit

ageing

cold

lacklustre soul

rain

muddy depths of misunderstandings

fights for breath

gasping

slips away

into

the longest night

of the darkest sleep

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Below

founded

on peaceful steady breath

solid walls

huge slabs

of

wisdom

quiet

thoughtful

tendrils of compassion

of living sparkling

strands of forgiveness & Love

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Alone, now

seeing all resonant majesty

The past

flies up

smacks into consciousness

secrets revealed

hurts unbound

spilling into wakening life

laughter forgotten bubbles up

a smile emerges

Life

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