Child to Adult

Loneliness is my fort
Echoing my voice
Amongst the stone walls
The ebb of humans walking around the fort
Hear do I, ignoring the sound
The noise gets to my nerves
The speech to my mind
Laughter echoing in the chamber
Fading into the dark
Pictures on the wall
Thousands, changing by the day
Friends out without me
Relegating me to bystander
Thorn after thorn in my crown
Thorn after thorn in my heart
Change I do look forward to
A smile, some work, keeping busy too
Worry and sorrow far away then
Surrounded by colleagues, the fort disappears

Flesh

Iron machinery human flesh 

Sparks amongst the living 

Iron heart human flesh 

Beats amongst the living 

Heat of the sun touching the flesh 

Scorching in the warmth 

Heat of the water touching the flesh 

Cooling in the warmth 

Sweat forming on the flesh 

Working hard in the world 

Sweat forming money from flesh 

Family living safe in the world 

Sachin