This is not the day you say for jumping off the beam tallest building bound to leave us breathless and without a cape or crown nothing special will come of it wrapped neatly in superstition and faith the new testament blows dust while the old told a much better tale kept the mind engaged fire …
Author: Trilby Yates
Tidal Push
February, Valentines Day 2007. We celebrated the way lovers do. We had hope and such a bright future planned. Our time felt fluid and the perfection was without mention... Two days later it was as if someone had cut the cord; our lifeline snapped and everything changed, shifted forever. Lung cancer, stage 4... We now …
Revolution
It's raining down collective societal conscience a shift, slap and pat down of fear based rhetoric something so sinister it retracts common morality; lean to the right and hear a reptilian hiss... dissipating truth from fiction power is an addiction - if we slither in groups It's something we can find in our history books …
Breathe Easy
It's that shading time of in-between end of daylight and the start of nighttime when shadows lose their definition and begin to morph into a quiet spaceless-ness When love wraps itself around all the worlds creatures with the warmth and security of a lovers arms or the way a parent would embrace - their child …
I Will Walk Over A Bridge
I will walk over a bridge, a bridge - walk over a bridge historically symbolic I will walk over a bridge with mothers, sisters, daughters, fathers, brothers and sons Connected by our difference and commonality The raven will fly high above black wing span casting a luminous shadow the unknown the other side what to expect …
Looming Weapon Of Destruction
I am not afraid because you say I do not exist I will not question my own faith or hide in the shadows of your looming weapon of destruction ...on the contrary - If to you, I do not exist, you can never destroy me If I am the water slipping through your fingers you …
Beautiful Women
You are beautiful women; strong, reflective, mighty Weeping willow, bending with the wind - not opposing it Fighting your demons, your battles with endurance and dignity I am in awe of you, I am in awe of you The pages of your book, a slow read for a woman like me Each turning of a …
I Want
I walk a fine line, a tight rope from polar vortex to polar vortex A non space in the middle troposphere that extends into the stratosphere Earthly fears never hold me back; I don't ever look back ...except when reminiscing over candle light I am a borderline narcissist as most of my friends; - but …
No Beginning No End
I take words like a source of energy spinning them into a beautiful telling novella emotional roller coaster ride power ball spin into the heavens They have no beginning, they have no end I gently lay them out on a vaporous black velvet texture-less veil the words pop like firecrackers sparks fly intentions soar and …
Trilby Yates 