Author S. K. Nicholas

x and i: a novel

a journal for damned lovers vol 1-3

Poem

  • Yr’self

      Sedation leads to creation. Solitude breeding wonder with every breath. I’ve tasted normality and madness, and the latter is far more preferable. Failure is the key to everything. There is no loss, only footsteps that guide us all the way. Disaster while sat on the edge of the bed; words that remain hidden beneath Read more

  • Soft as Snow

    fallen gloves in the snow with angels overlooking the town below she danced like a cat and as I drank the words burned brighter than flames and brighter than fright we were bored and life was great nothing to fear nothing to doubt only the moments our lips kissed against the world oh how we Read more

  • Drunken Collaboration

    Witches cackle around their cauldrons  Wind blows cold bringing nothing but desolation  Stale tea stained breath beneath my pillow  Shallow hearts disappearing on every street corner  Etched faces in trees reminiscing of what was once mine  Everything’s eventual like the dimming of a star  Blind are those who see but not who hear  Builders of Read more

  • Poem For A Passing

    son, husband father, grandfather a crazy diamond until the end a lifetime of stories, of mysteries and of love always searching for adventure always seeking the great beyond my childhood you shaped the man I became guided by your vision a fool and a poet, you were more than words could ever describe time may Read more

  • Come Become One

    spreading like oil she spreads like a shadow on the moor come become one shapeless bodies, weightless desires as the night breaks us down come become one Read more

  • My Viewing Lens

    the scars of our past a design for life that needs breaking sorrow for sale and the kicks we need everlasting like fury forget the gutless wonders destroy the walls of doubt the indian summer behind our eyes shining despite the fear that shackles us to all that we must let go speak the words Read more

  • Seasons In Hell

    Shaven cats and junky perfume. Husk of yesterday. Remembered by none in a field of glorious failure. Safety in butterflies. Cocooned in devil mouth. Credentials of cocks. Peeled apples in seasoned dismay. Lacklustre and lukewarm. Academy for perverts. Twisted like a handful of hair. Pull it back and watch her groan. The witness to my Read more

  • We all praise the great deceivers. We all shine a light on the one and all. Bland little piggies falling by the wayside. No sincerity just comfort when comfort comes calling alone and betrayed. The world disappeared. Nowhere in sight, it fell into the big empty and never recovered. Such boredom when faced with broken Read more

  • Useful Is Beautiful

    be beautiful beneath a sinking sun cling to winter leaves as though each one were a secret waiting to be told let the soulful ones get beneath your armour let them break apart everything you ever tried to protect breathe in freedom surrender to all that makes you hurt the only way is through in Read more

  • Just A Girl

    these bees, they swarm between hazy minds she’s just a girl and I’m just a boy from smile to smile a crow quickly flies  these days, they swim across loves hushed hands caressing the ones that needs undressing the most shards of shards bodies coming together spirits glistening like snow we laugh and we want, Read more