John Mansell

Writer of poems and fragments. Solitary figure in a landscape. Stranger in a familiar world. ©JCM.

[John Mansell @JohnMansell1]

We danced
to strange songs
we have never
heard since

[Danielle @dannibear1461]

Understand me
Not what I portray to be
Compassion
Release passion
Search deep
Then you'll seek
My inner being
Deeper meaning

[KingFisher @alaskafisher14]

I have searched for a better comprehension regarding cognitive faculties, the mystery of emotional intellect, and the communion of the flesh with the Spirit.

[KingFisher @alaskafisher14]

I want no part or play,
Affiliation in the facetious antic of day by day;
Wager eternity with secular scheme,
No;
I feel the raging, silent scream,
To pull itself out
Of the mortal dream.

[KingFisher @alaskafisher14]

I speak your name
As if the pleading utterance
Could summon you,
Raise you from the dead;

Over and over, i am reminded
That you're not coming back.

[ℌ𝔞𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔯 @Blood___Stained]

Darkness is beautiful when you learn to play with shadows

[Jodi 💀 @Jodiliveca]

I wonder what to burn tonight to keep my heart warm.

[Jodi 💀 @Jodiliveca]

I'm in love with the darkness that slips through my fingers and never leaves my heart.

[Just M... @Mjustthat]

#Forgiveness is a bitter pill
That festers in the pit of hell
My heart was kind
A love so true
Now turns to stone

I do not forgive, i hold it all
Until that day
My pain to bear & mine alone
Deep inside but never gone
The darkness rests until the dawn

#vss365

[Just M... @Mjustthat]

He is a man, he is a wonder
He is a prince charming
A pillar of strength
A gentle beguiler
Of wisdom & forsooth

& when the going gets
He gets going
A man about town
A lad with the lads

So please don't misconstrue
His intentions
Innocence lured by night

#FoxProse @FoxProse

[Just M... @Mjustthat]

The world as we know it
Is not always kind
And in the velvet night
There came a foreboding
Yet do we hear

That which the heart forbids
Wisdom is but shadow born
A handsome face kind words
Before the altar
Innocence lured by night

#Foxprose @FoxProse

[Just M... @Mjustthat]

Their divine memory
A prism where light once shone
Now the colours lack a source
As if some drunken fool at play

They stagger body out of kilter
Seeking water to hydrate the lapse
The well runneth dry of excuses
Where no infallible god

#Foxprose @FoxProse

[Just M... @Mjustthat]

I hold each memory close to heart
The coldness of a winter past
A warmth that held me steady

Of spring,the fruits of summer wine
Reminds me of a time
Ur lips ur voice ur smile

Many years since then
Seasons #fleeting turning tides
See the butterfly her fragile wings

#vss365

[Just M... @Mjustthat]

Snowy white wings of a fragile spirit
There came a voice in the dark
A glimmer of hope
Where hope had flown

Then shall we meet once more
In the light of our waking hours
A little #dove song soft & haunting
I wake from a sleep of dreams

#vss365

[John Mansell @JohnMansell1]

She said
it was a deathless kiss
for a moment
I could not agree
Hold me
I screamed
and suddenly death
was dead

[John Mansell @JohnMansell1]

I was
as they say
once upon a time
alas
no perfect ending
I was
the stain
of a ghost
and you said
and I heard you
distinctly
I never knew him

[John Mansell @JohnMansell1]

Remember
the smell of a new season
Remember
the taste of yesterday
Remember
the new sky etching
Remember
Your body writhing
Remember
a ghost
from tomorrow
Remember
that the end
is a parody of emergence

[John Mansell @JohnMansell1]

Time was
Cheese fondue
Trivial Pursuit
CDs and cassettes
Nick Drake Janis Ian
and Tim Buckley
Homemade wine
cheap canned beer
Mullets and new romantic
attire
As night fell we sat on the
back steps
the last of the wine
and French cigarettes
fingers entwine
tomorrow an adventure

[John Mansell @JohnMansell1]

She had a pure and crystal heart
I longed to hear forever
Now I lie my head
on a pillow soulless and silent

[Just M... @Mjustthat]

Lay me down upon winters plumage
Warm earth forest feathered
Seeking light from a whily moon
A sun has set but a night is wicked

Where bodies curve into each other
& spoke did he of poetries hunger
Smooth words to coat the tongue
~The sensual & the carnal

#amatory @Amatoryq

[John Mansell @JohnMansell1]

The path through the woods
surrounded by bluebells
A stream slow and calming
The foundations of a mine building
and vandalised plaque describing it
History and a love story combining.
At the river Tame we stood
by the Elephant Rocks
We sat on the grass
and shared our sandwiches