I am done waiting
for things, for experiences,
for people, for answers…
I am done wasting my time
on what doesn’t matter,
and on those who can’t even lift a finger
to get in touch with me and others
for reasons that may never be made clear…
I am done worrying
about what never was
and what was never supposed to be…
I am done autocorrecting myself
for those who don’t seem to have learned
how to filter what they say
before they say it…
I am done giving people
the benefit of the doubt
to those who show by their actions and their inaction
what and who they really care about…
I am done with those people
who are like a weight around my neck,
who cannot accept that I don’t have a Time Machine
to go back and change the past…
I am done wondering
if and when I will get my heart’s desire,
because I believe that I have done too much,
I have seen too much, I have heard too much,
I have learned and I now know too much
to forget that the only way to find true happiness
is to live your life with a spirit of self-worth
and respect for yourself and for your loved ones,
because memories can only be made and shared
by those who show up when there is
a mutual need for the presence of one another…
I am done with the play of those who
just want to suck the life, the energy, the joy,
and the hope out of others
because they claim they deserve better
than what they have been given in life…
I am done with giving up -
and I will not be dragged down
into another level of the depths of darkness
or into another fight
by those who will never understand
that nothing changes
just because you choose to turn out the light…
I am sure that I am not the only one
who looks around the world and sees people
trying to get away with doing
whatever they want to do
without thinking about the repercussions,
and that is why I will never stop rebelling against
what I am told to believe -
and I do not apologise for saying
to those who may wish
to manipulate me in any way in the future:
I am done.
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A Journey Through Poetry #34: The Time is Now
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘The Time Is Now’, from his poetry collection The Comeback Kid, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
My Poem “Every Time is Different”
Sometimes the bad
can overshadow the good…
sometimes the happiest of times
can be forgotten about
because the darkness of hate
and disappointment can
make them sink beneath
the ocean of our memories
so deep that we almost feel
as if they never happened,
and were just a dream…
sometimes we focus too much on
who someone is to us in the present
that we have a hard time remembering
who someone was before -
when times were better -
because the pain of being hurt by someone
can transform the way that we see them;
heroes can become villains;
lovers can become users;
angels can become demons -
and nothing and no one can restore
the halo that once seemingly shone above
the head that now seemingly has horns…
sometimes a song that you once loved,
and used to use to share your affection for
with someone who you used to love,
you can come to hate -
because the way that a particular song
used to make you feel has changed in your mind
and in the way you feel about yourself and the world,
and you will try to make sure you never hear that song again;
but whenever you try to avoid
and forget something, or someone -
like a particular song, or a particular person -
undoubtedly that something, or that someone,
will find you and remind you that they
are still a part of you, and they always will be…
sometimes we all have to accept the fact,
and the reality, that we have no control
over what the universe will bring into our lives
and occasionally influence us with their spirit,
because that is the relationship that each of us have
with everything and everyone else
in existence, everywhere -
from the beginning to the end;
because no matter how many times
you do something, listen to something,
see someone, or hear a particular voice -
even if it is for the thousandth time -
each and every time it is always different.
A Journey Through Poetry #33: Quintessence
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Quintessence’, from his poetry collection Poet of the Multiverse, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
A Journey Through Poetry #32: Silent Light
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Silent Light’, from his poetry collection The Rambler, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
My Poem “Flashback”
Some stories will always remain
secret and unknown,
while other stories are familiar to many
because they were allowed
the freedom to be told -
however, then there are stories
that can only be told
when, where, and by whom
they are meant to be shared.
I believe that the stories I have told,
and will continue to tell in the future,
are mine to tell and need to be
written by my hand and in my voice…
I believe that the stories I have
of my life and my memories
are some of the most powerful,
and yet still unknown;
but one day even the stories
that I may never have envisioned
would not be known by anyone me,
and a small group of individuals,
will have their moment in the spotlight
and those people whom the stories
are about may be shocked to find out
who they really are has been exposed -
because sometimes the exposure of the truth
is a necessity and not a choice.
In the future, I will tell the world a story -
in fact, I will tell many stories -
about what I have done, where I have been,
and who I known throughout my life -
experiences, places, and people
who to me are infamous and in need
of being recognised and exposed
for who and what they really are…
in the past, there are versions of me
looking forwards and towards a future
that has not yet come to pass,
and past versions of me have no idea
what they will have to go through -
nor can they yet know how
this man in black made it to the other side
of the world of darkness they have had to traverse;
but one day all will be written,
all will be spoken, all will be shared,
and past, present, and future will collide,
and create an intense explosion
in the form of a flashback.
A Journey Through Poetry #31: The Rain Over Queen Victoria
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘The Rain Over Queen Victoria’, from his poetry collection The Dreamer and The Dream, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
My Books – 2025 and Beyond
In this episode, Mark talks about the three books that he has got published in 2025 thus far – The Return of The Wolf, The Storyteller, and Scales & George – as well as his new book The Affair, due to be published October 31st, 2025. And Mark also gives a preview of what is to come in regard to the books he plans to publish in 2026, and beyond.
My Poem “Severed”
I miss being the rebel I used to be…
I miss when things were new to me…
I miss being a writer of poetry…
I miss believing everything would turn out
just as I had always dreamed…
I miss being the eternal boy, the dreamer,
the rambler who used to travel far and wide…
I miss the wonder that I used to have
whenever I looked up at the sky…
I miss being the one who could
always see constant reasons
to stay hopeful and optimistic all around me…
I miss the spark, I miss the joy,
I miss the feeling, I miss the memories
that feel as if they have been eclipsed
by darkness and pain…
I miss simplicity, I miss that which
used to make me smile
and unable to stop me from jumping out of bed
every morning to see what the new day again
had in store for me…
I miss feeling whole, full,
and as if I could leap free of gravity
and touch something that for others
seemed unfathomable and out of reach…
I miss yesterday, I miss the promise of a better tomorrow…
I miss those times when I could close my eyes
and hear my own heart beating in my chest
and I could feel the warmth of the one closest to me -
but the last of those times has long since past
and that version of my feels like a distant memory…
I miss feeling unbroken…
I miss the days gone by when I felt as free as a bird…
I miss feeling open…
I miss who I was before the mirror of my mind
and the reflection of my inner self was shattered
at the instant that my connection to the world
felt as if it was inextricably severed.
A Journey Through Poetry #30: Good Things Ahead
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Good Things Ahead’, from his poetry collection The Eternal Boy, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
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