Quite Wrecked

 

 

QUITE WRECKED

 

quite wrecked this morning

a generalized aching

discomfort

 

all organs

muscles, bones and skin

unhappy with their allocated place

 

In the bodies scheme

sadly I cannot lay the blame

on any over-indulgence

 

 

Malcolm Evison – 30^th May 2024

For These Small Mercies (we proffer thanks)

For These Small Mercies (we proffer thanks)

Today, so far at least,

is one of gentle shattered-ness;

welcome relief

from yesterday’s griping

pain and aches.

An ever present undertow,

of generalized discomfort,

still leaves the space

for a richly varied range

of sensory attacks.

Will it be muscles,

joints, gastritis, or other

less easily defined

components of

the neurological kind.

Today at least

I have enjoyed a time

of gentle relaxation,

an ease of body

and a calmer mind.

                                          Malcolm Evison

                               20 July 2017

in the moment

my faithful hound 
displays that ease
of being in the moment -

eyes closed
and lips aligned
into a smile

suggesting ecstasy -
composure
as in a state of bliss -

it thrills
yet fills me
brim full of envy 

as health concerns
and turmoil of emotions
have long since 

cast aside
such calm 
assurance



malcolm evison
15 february 2017

burdock

burdock

the gnawing pain

increases its intensity

in elbows, wrists and knees,

adheres to despondency

like burdock

to coarse clothing

and I, the bystander,

can only stare

into a void of despair

observe

my own decay -

words fail to proffer hope

they only weave

a crude blanket

around an emptiness

which only faith

can fill

Malcolm Evison

13 October 2016

Restless - Illustrated Poem

Although I published the text only version of this poem earlier in the year, I am now posting this illustrated version as the poem seems to reflect my most recent post on 'The Word of Sinna Luvva' -


A CRY of SELF-PITY – an ATTEMPT to EXORCISE the PAIN

and other joys of life

AND OTHER JOYS OF LIFE

tears, anger,

and other joys

of life

numb my brain -

access the darker

recess

of a shattered mind

only

to emphasize

the limitations

of a failing

bodily

frame

malcolm evison

03 May 2016

Consultation–poem (illustrated)

consultation - illustrated poem

Restless Night

               Restless Night

frantic and static

collude

to break the spirit -

the chorussed scream

of roll and stretch

weaves counterpoint

against the searing ache

of stasis -

the chinese burn

of movement

resists

the planned escape

Malcolm Evison

30/01/11 – 01/02/11

EMERGING

EMERGING

and this morning

still abed  

my legs

are mercury laden

knitted lead

the arms

folded or stretched  

scream out

for postures new

Malcolm Evison

15/01/11