Matthew Densley Poems

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1.
Fear

I fear the struggle
I fear the strife
A fear of death
A fear of life
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2.
Blue Eyes

I have sunk and fallen deep in to a pair of blue eyes
Blue just like the ocean I was sailing when I capsized
Floating on my back staring up at the dazzling blue skies
Though the mouth may speak wrong words those blue orbs cannot tell lies
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3.
At Rest In The Snow

I punish myself, for what? I don't know
My body lies quivering, at rest in the snow
But I don't feel the cold, it's strange, but it's true
There's something much deeper that is making me blue
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4.
A Lesson In Love

I learned of love the hardest way
The experience I take
I wouldn't have risked it if i knew
That on me you would flake
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5.
Are You All Alone Tonight?

Are you all alone tonight?
So alone that you could weep?
Do you hug your pillows tight?
Will you cry yourself to sleep?
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6.
The Phoenix

Life seems so easy through the eyes of a child
For joy seems so great and pain seems so mild
But when the years unfold the world seems so wild
This is when you know what it means to cry
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7.
The Spirit Of An Alcoholic

He's high in spirits low in soul
And like his drink he's bitter
Reminiscing of the days of youth
When he was strong and fitter
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8.
Blank Page

Staring at a pale white page
Wondering what to write
Looking for some kind of muse
To let my thoughts take flight
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9.
A Weed By Any Other Name

What to the world, defines a weed?
If you hate thorns, a rose, indeed
And maybe to you a daisy is cute
So I wouldn't expect, you'd sever its root
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10.
Formaldehyde Mistress

Rid me of your glowing ember
The one that burns within desire
What price I'd pay to not remember
The soothing smoke from off your fire
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