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11.22.2023 6:38 AM

‘sweet relief’ by Stephen House

sweet relief

when i placed all upon open to more
while they sang instructions in cryptic
and all around the race sped for grasp
winning became invalid in surviving life

i cried and laughed in emotion separate
convinced i’d escaped the predictable
playing a game of guess whatever is next
while taking a hope train to anywhere at all

joining clusters for expected advance
then later deciding to banquet alone
my pairing with different giving context
as unexpected purpose crawled in

possibilities arrive if try for is ignored
for essential and deserving will manifest
regardless of waiting for where it is
as without aiming outcomes grow true

and they noticed what they had stifled
had risen from darkness anyway
regardless of their plan to destroy
and my best response was doing naught

smiling i took my peace in nature
pleased in found strength to not partake
knowing my imagined wasn’t untrue
the slow separation a call to wiser life

we could stack each surfaced dream upon
the remnants of collected in sought after
but it would deliver sameness again over
for this with whatever is will just be

and identical to the others ride
is not a real objective in the ongoing
another repeat disguise meaningless
if attempting to clone be their normal

silence now fortunately breathing calm
gathering own direction clear
throwing what was once wanted away
for the easing of holding on is real

winning is valid too if not grabbed for
in a fast-disappearing span
and sweet relief kindly appears
when not at all expected thankfully

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Stephen House has won many awards and nominations as a poet, playwright, and actor. He’s had 20 plays produced with many published by Australian Plays Transform. He’s received several international literature residencies from The Australia Council for the Arts, and an Asialink India literature residency. He’s had two chapbooks published by ICOE Press Australia: ‘real and unreal’ poetry and ‘The Ajoona Guest House’ monologue. His next book drops soon. He performs his acclaimed monologues widely. Stephen’s play, ‘Johnny Chico’ has been running in Spain for 4 years and continues.

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