Tar Poetry

Prison of Words

A place of reason that lets go of any season
To be sound in thought and bound in time
Not in the space travelling the infinite
But eternal in the moment that is now

Knowing that I may be carried astray
By chains unknown to me to be thrown away
Yet what can’t be known of can’t be accepted
To then be seen for what it is to be then rejected

For the walls and cages are no longer of steel and stone
But of words and memories long gone
What within us should be guiding as in their way
But instead can make us live a life of dismay

In our view of a world without sight or clear meaning

Michael Aquilina 12.11.2023

Realizations

Turning away amidst the calls from mother nature
Unchaining myself from my past adventure
Learning how listening to oneself is what is necessary
And to heed to others who’s trust in is worthy

Somewhat singular in the world where I live in
Even though it isn’t solitude that which I have given
Yet perhaps I do not know what I am receiving
Unaware of the gold that the others are offering

As I look across the ocean for yet another answer
I see the scars on my hands that the chains left on
Perhaps it is time I go back to where I came from
Somewhere amongst others, a home and not a cellar

As my mind races to hold on to my last memory

Michael Aquilina 17.11.2023

Alone in the Dark

Align, surprise, disjoint, frail, alone without you
How one is to be whole again without what is true?
To have an unknown edge of truth to reach on to
Yet in a lifelong freefall my hopes away flew

At no distance from the centre and yet I stumble
My whole self trying to keep whole yet I crumble
Singularly I am to face all of my trouble
That which I created, that which with I heartlessly pummel

Unknown to the leaves the roots of the seasons
Far from deer’s hold is the world’s bearings
Little did I know I was in a room full of mirrors
The story of colourful memories turning into grey

As the stone calls out its futility

Michael Aquilina 20.11.2023

The Hunt

On a voyage across the valleys, rivers and trees
Where weakness only spells the end, a death in a freeze
On these paths there is no looking away
The very act can be the last one that will lead you astray

So be bold, dear friend
For the world hides in itself moments of betrayal
Be strong, my brother
For in you there is a fire passed down for millenia

Now around a stove to stay warm and nourish ourselves
The air is cold and the caught meat is still tender
Another day in this frigid world that calls on for our purpose
Where one’s life hails us to give itself some value

In an otherwise desolate wilderness

Michael Aquilina 12.09.2023

The Sky Window

Breath, a heart beat, my soul sways with you
In this cold moment where my body doesn’t see through
The world is bleak and uncomfortable
I was told the skies were blue, but its not true

They shine bright red in the morning storm gaze
And thunders in shrouds of black and grey
With lightning that brightens the night’s opal jade
Leaving behind the pink traces as the storm abates

And I remain here ever the same
Even when the storm has cleaned and clamoured its name
I feel that the smallest change is a reason to again be afraid
In this valley that is without the sun for it to give me aid

As I drown in my tears as they mimic the rain

Michael Aquilina 12.09.2023

Juggernaut

Star gazing into the beauty of your diamond eyes
Laden with sapphire gems is the colour of your smile
Tender and caring is the harmony of your love
In this world that has no name, of gold that no sun is to blame

Yet we are surrounded by pikes laden with the dead men
As if a purposeful reminder of what will happen to us then
When one lets go of reason and drowns in their emotions
Then there would be no eyes to look into, no smile to cry to

In an arena where many try to live and face adversity
Where the mind is tested to the edges of its infinity
May your harmony bring me solace when needed
Perhaps then I can be again a human being

And not a heartless man that the world demands of me to be

Michael Aquilina 14.10.2023