Wayne Russell is a creative jack of all trades, master of none. Poet, rhythm guitar player, singer, artist, photographer, and author of the poetry book Where Angels Fear via Guerilla Genius Press, it is available for purchase on Amazon.

There is a Strength in Knowledge

Sunlight creeps between the blinds

and into my eyes.



I know now that morning has broken

the sky wide open.



The drone of traffic, tires gripped upon

faded grey asphalt motorway.



Children chat with their friends while waiting

for the warm yellow cocoons of school busses.



I yawn like a weary old dog, arms and legs

stretching towards nothingness.



I scratch my head and rub my face, happy 

in the knowledge that it's not time; too face



this new day; no, not yet.

Ring in the New

Vengeful rage of waterfall

dour in the dregs of midnight.



The rabid wash of sand

in an hour glass.



Let the wine of Dionysus

spill and quiche their thirst.



The dead are not here

they do not dance



nor harbor resentment 

or bear names. 



As the iron bells of cathedrals

ring in the new



the old passes unnoticed in

fleshy trenches where



no one remembers

and nobody cares.

Even in the Silence

Rain drops

  falling 

     gentle upon the

  rooftop

her smile

  the beacon

of light

    within

this room

    watching her

 nestled beside me

   and

    even 

 in silence we're

the completion of

       one another

  a mirror reflection

a refraction of

    sound that carries

 everything

           even when no words 

       are spoken

   a ripple of dreams 

 cascading throughout

the stillness of 

            this room

        and memories of

   the vast dark skies

above.