What it is to Burn
Like a fragment of dust floating deep into space Enveloped in darkness, with no time or place I wander, I drift through the chasms of time I senselessly float with […]
Category Archives: Johnathan Schofield
Wonderland
Sister listen to my plea I am not your enemy Please don’t do this, let me be There’s no where for me to flee Swirling colours in my mind Even […]
The Single Man’s Valentine
The stores are filled with crimson red, With chocolates and teddy bears The roses fill my heart with dread For there’s no part of me that cares – They took […]
Iago’s Theme
Such is my fate To be the harbinger of doom For little more than can be reasoned out And every reason that might be conceived To twist the knife twixt […]
The Ode of the Coward
I’m sorry I wish there was a better way I’ve damned our love by all I’ve done And there’s little left for me to say I look into your hurting […]
The Muse All Artists Chase
This poem was written to Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings op.11 For the audio accompaniment as you read this poem, click here. There’s not that I can softly say That […]
The Logic of Loss
A phone call A message you did not expect Words that you hear but cannot detect A voice flat with grief that explains to you That an awful nightmare has […]
John The Beloved (Part II)
There are so many voices So many screaming for attention Confronting me with choices Many more than I could mention An ocean of chaotic change Time flowing strange The people […]
I Have a Dream, You Have a Nightmare
To all those who hate: A sideways glance, looking down on a brother A hurtful phrase, a violent haze The pitiful shame as we hate one another The thoughts in […]
John The Beloved (part I)
Marginal cost, marginal benefit The mathematics of loving true I had hoped that this might be significant That you could value me And I could value you – Forgive the […]
Rhyme Written In Red 