Author Archives: Devin Hogg

Look up Look high Look deep Into the night sky See the vastness The grandeur The bright lights The possibility for adventure How can you be blind And see all that How can you be cruel And feel all that

Two halves struggle for dominance One is filled with light Joyful and loving The other is hidden by darkness Angry and fearful It is a constant battle Only my strength of will Keeps the light in control The dark is insidious It will never surrender I must always maintain my guard I will never beContinue reading “Poem: Cross-Section”

A dark fog obscures my vision Not even the moon lights my way I stumble through the darkness Trying desperately To find my path My heart is filled with Fear and despair Only the knowledge Of what has come before Keeps me moving on

I was just going few some old documents recently and I found some of my earliest poems. Here they are. The earliest poem I found from a Remembrance Day Submission in Grade 6, currently untitled. Peace is beauty Peace is love Peace is a garden With lots of doves. Peace is pretty Peace is hardContinue reading “Collected Poems: Early Works”

Conservative attitude Arrogant posturing Simpering insipidly Surrounds me Injustice Selfishness Ugliness Assault me I long to return To anonymity and belonging

The sun shines brightly The air is fresh and free Hope and joy fill my breast Music stirs my soul I am going home to rest To look back upon my current path To set my course and go full ahead To do what must be done So I can be who I must be

Though the wind howls Though the cold bites Though the storm rages I walk through the night Angry at family Conflicted about feelings I ought not to have Concerned about presumption With everlasting fright I walk through the night Afraid of my feelings I flee through the night

I will never taste a woman’s lips Never relish in a lover’s embrace I may be friend and brother Father and son Uncle and mentor But I will never be a lover I feel this truth Deep in my bones I know it is my destiny I have always known That I must follow MyContinue reading “Poem: Difficult Destiny”

We are kindred spirits Both lost in the storm Wind and rain lashing our faces Torturing our souls But though the thunder crashes The lightning flashes We tread on Destinies tied fore’er more