K. Barratt And so it happens that we are all walkers: Runners, joggers, skippers; Trail blazers, some of us.…
Caribbean Nights
My mother used to hum when she Brushed my hair, even sing sometimes. On balmy Caribbean nights she Would…
Time
K. Barratt Time takes and takes and Never returns what it has taken. It forgives not; it listens not, not…
And Then, The Silence
K. Barratt He killed me. He kicked, he struck, he bit, The flow of my blood spraying The walls…
A Lighter Shade of Grey
K. Barratt A lighter shade of grey her eyes were, No quite solid steel, no exactly misty sea, And under…
Because of You
K. Barratt (To all service men and women fighting for freedom and justice) I do not know what is like…
Exhaling Dragons
K. Barratt Exhaling dragons, Is all I do, Their sinuous shapes Once the home of my hates, My anguish, my…
My Albatross
I hear it in the scream of the caged albatross, Trapped within the caves that make up my heart: The…
Speak Up
Let Peace speak up, Loud and high. Let her song Glide over mountains and reach the sea. Let there be…
Amelia
My grandfather used to smoke cigars and Drink dark rum at twilight, seated on the Cool veranda, his eyes…
Life and I
I’m going to walk it out, The hurt, the ache, The burdensome pain, Eroding my bones away, My soul,…
Singing Heart 