Negativity

                            I walk in the shadows

                            I watch you go

 

                            I live with the weeds,

                                On damp discomfort

                                    Blessed by a stock of darkness

 

                            My eyes in nearness

                                Are your constant accompaniment

                                    Driven by the necessity to overcome

                                        To overwhelm

                                        To subdue

                                        To drown

 

                            I sink the soul

                                Divide the heart

                                    Cloud the mind

                                        Smother the spirit

 

                            I am here always, behind the door;

                                It takes a second

                                    To plough through defences

                                        Carve up your shields

 

                            You are defenceless –

                                You are a determined solitary;

                                        I am power beyond your skill

                                You bring out the sun;

                                        I send the snow filled cloud

                                You spend your way to a smile;

                                        I sing out the price tags to the whole world

                                You nestle in comforting arms;

                                        I pronounce dishonesty at the highest levels

 

In the festering pit –in the mask of command–

I love the nuance of derision

Without lift I sit breathless for the fall

For there’s always a fall

Depression is my middle name

Come on, let go;

My emptiness is so filling

 

                            Sounded, I drop the charge, and scoot –

                                But not far, not ever, no-no

                                    For as there are gentle rains, there are swollen rivers

                                        As there is a little heat, there is raging bushfire

 

                            Detach as much as you like

                                Flee and take cover again and again

                                    But I’ll be a-nippin’ at your heels

                                        Nip-nip, nip-nip, nip-nip – bite!

                                            And down you'll go

 

                            From the shadows…

                            Watching…