Trailblazing The Cutting-Edge

Prime Mover… I Swagger
[Extreme] ‘Risk-Taking’
and ‘Gamble’
with an almost Suicidal
Energy and Passion
… that it seems
Reckless… but, it’s not.
My ‘Shadow-Side’,
and all that it entails,
is my [Temporary]
DOWNfall, my limp,
the only… OBSTACLE.
My ‘Creative Talent’
on the other hand,
although influenced
immensely by the ‘Dark’
originates in the
‘Light Side’ of my Soul.
I’ll Self-Sabotage
[I’m human]
and then deal with the
Consequences like a Man,
I’ll hide or back
down from nothing.
Yet, when it comes
to my ‘Work’, my ‘Craft’
… I TRUST it to such
an Impeccable Degree
that I will take ‘Chances’
… skirting both Disaster
and Destruction…
to Ledge-Leap where
‘Angels Fear To Tread’
… Smashing ‘New Roads’
into the [Once] Impossible.

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since.  His novel ‘Crazy Like Emotion’ is available to purchase right here . Also his collection of shorter fiction Kicking Back Drunk ‘Round The Candletree Graves' is available to purchase at https://bookgoodies.com/a/B0DFMTSR4F Both books are published by Close To The Bone Publishing. Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.