After a weekend of passionate soul searching, mischief making and inspiration seeking; Parker and I are grateful to be home. By home I mean a state of mind. On occasion this beautiful city of London, as with any place can swallow you whole. It is relatively easy to disappear and even forget who you are yourself.
Mondays normally drift by, blanketed in a misty fog of questioning as you are thrown back into the work force with such intense brutality. This may sound a little dramatic to some but Parker and I fully plunge into our own secret world at the weekends. With no obligation to conform to routine or timetables, we are free to wander the city as poets in motion.
The state of mind I have called home, only comes with the clarity of another urban Tuesday. The city is back to being exhausted and the children are back to their friends. The warriors are back to fighting and the heroes are back to their myths. Parker and I are back to writing, back to drawing board…back home!
I wrote this for you:
The warrior philosopher
A warrior within a war of your own,
A philosopher but only when at home,
A hero within your own twisted myth,
An army lost within the thickest of mist.
Once upon a moment,
Life; he rushes by,
Memories of senseless madness,
No bed for you or I.
A warrior within a war of your own,
A philosopher but only when at home,
A hero within your own twisted myth,
An army lost within the thickest of mist.
Once upon a day dream.
I caged my heart in blame.
No more you and me.
Just loss in place of fame.
Bankrupt within a war of your own,
A philosopher without at home,
A tragedy within your own twisted myth,
Alone and lost within the thickest of mist.
By Spirit de la Mare. aka Li'l Literati. London 2010.
C. Spirit de la Mare. London 2010.
Above: My Desk where I work every day.
Photograph by Spirit de la Mare aka Li'l Literati
C. Spirit de la Mare London 2010.
Also of note:
I like your desk -- looks like everything you need is right there within reach!
ReplyDeleteYes Indeed....
ReplyDeletePlus it is right next to the radiator, very comforting in the cold Winter months. x