Andrew Hide

"Near my home there is a bridge, the water's ever cold, there's flowers in abundance and mosses on the stones. The trees roof overhead, reaching, grasping, holding hands, the sun glistens on th..."

"T'was spring when I was born, and to the sky did reach, I grew so tall and strong, before I ever knew it, spring had been and gone. Summer then did follow, a young girl I did meet, and though we were..."

""You are always smiling, always happy", people say, "Your happiness is catching, spreading joy throughout the day." But they don't see the tears I hide, I've kept them locked away, my sadness and my ..."

"If I was a better man, a stronger man and wise, if I was the greatest man the only man in your eyes, could you find it in your heart to hold me in your arms, to tell me that you love me and we would n..."

"He seems so sad of stories told, of all the evil he beholds, but in his eyes, if you look you'll see, he has a gift for you and me, he has knowledge, understanding too, a thousand years he has been th..."

"A Dragons Pride is hard to hide for wisdom is within. A thousand years he has been through and this just to begin. he's sailed through the winds of time upon a golden wing. The children gather ev..."

"This is a place I hardly know, I've barely been before, I haven't walked this ground, since I was three or four. Everything is different now, but one thing stays the same, the feeling that I get from..."

"My Mother she created me and brought me to the earth, all through my life encouraged me and taught me of my worth. My Wife I chose from many, my partner she would be, and she shall stand beside me fo..."

"The Fairies danced, for all they could amongst the trees, deep in the wood, and if you sit, patient and true, you too may find they'll dance for you. So when you enter, the forest, dark, no-one..."

""Do you believe in Magic?" I was often asked as a boy, I wanted to believe in magicians and magic a brand new toy. Now thirty years later, I look back on my life, remember walking down the aisle and ..."

"Around the island a stories told of the wisest man, in the days of olde. He tested many, all those he could, remove the sword from the stone it stood. When Arthur came and passed the test, he crowne..."

"I travel through this land of mine, a freeman through and through, in every town I have a home, I always find a view. I travel north, south, east and west, happy to be where I am, and to every person ..."

"An almighty crash of thunder, as the glacier rips apart, a steaming, smoking Dragon rises slowly from its heart. Her mighty wings unfurling as she reaches for the sky, silver, frosty blue, the colour..."

"He rose up out the ocean, like a mountain on the rise, his wings, slowly beating, and to the air he flies. His eyes are glowing, ruby, as he looks across the land and over fields and meadows, this pl..."

"I've given everything I have, I've nothing left to give, and so I leave this world now, in which we're meant to live. And so I take this final step from the fortieth floor, I feel my body fa..."

"The Wind comes crashing to me, like a stranger at the door, repeated thuds of purcussion, as waves upon the shore. It carresses through the trees and roof tops over head, I hear it's gentle whisper, ..."

"I know a Fairy secret, don't know if I should tell, if I told to many, it may just break their spell. OK then I'll tell you, it may come as a surprise, you'll have to take my word for it, I w..."

"Down in the Wooded Valley, where the sun can hardly shine, along the little brook, next to the old tin mine. The daffodils are pushing through, last years fallen leafs, new plans by mother nat..."

"Deep in this darkened water, where the sun can hardly shine, I see a glimpse of silver, treasure from another time. Gold and silver trinkets, tumblers and doubloons, beautifully crafted jewellery, fr..."

"The Stones, they stand in a circle, proud, weathering the storm, the sun and the cloud. Why they were built, we do not know, for the gods above? or the demons below? But they will stand for centur..."

"The mighty whaling vessel, charges through the sea, the magnificent giant whale, will soon be history. A harpoon is launched, flying true along its path, but there's an almighty spray of thunder, and..."

"The marsh is covered with mist, at the start of a new day, I can smell the battle coming there will be a death today. I do not want to fight this war but the choice, it is not mine, another young kni..."

"The Sun crowns the horizon, at the dawn of a new day, its rays caress the garden, melting morning mist away. Sunshine graces the world, like a warm, silken breeze, and the air is filled with song, as..."

"High in the eastern mountains, deep in a cave he lies, This mighty reptilian warlord, now fights to open his eyes. They are just a glimmer now of the jewels they once had been, his armour's dull and f..."

"Deep within a cavern, in some far off distant place, a little man is hard at work, with a smile on his face. He uses pallets full of colour, and buckets of emotion, with stories from his library, he ..."

"Does the Oak give strength to the Ivy in exchange for a warm embrace? Written March 9th, 2002 © on Mar 09 2002 11:27 AM PST, Andrew Hide   10 • 0 • 9"

""Come join us on our walk," they said, a hundred people or more, raise money for the homeless, the needy and the poor. At Jamaica Inn we set our stride, out and over Bodmin moor, I thought we'd climb..."

"I have given everything, for now there's nothing more, I am nothing but a shadow, as you walk out of that door. You have taken everything, all that I adore, my hopes, my dreams, my memories, you've s..."

"The sky is filled with glitter, and the clouds all roll apart, the whole world holds its breath at this heavenly work of art. The glitter turns to rainbows as a shaft of light appears, heavens touche..."

"His sences are alive, he can smell the fear of prey, if, he moves with caution he could eat well today. It's hunger that has driven him, now his jaws with saliva fill, his stomach growls expectantly,..."

"He struts along in silence, within him there is no fear, he has absolute power, but the price he's paid is dear. For fifty years he studied magic arts and secret lore, when he'd learnt all there was,..."

"Down in the ancient forest, there stands a mighty tree, and if you come you'll won't believe some of the things you'll see. For if you look into the hollow you'll see a tiny stair, which leads down to..."

"And as I find calm, at the end of the universe, last resting place from infinity, the calm, washes over me, mist clears my thoughts of the fear of death, I've had, being, as I am I can now res..."

"The frost blankets over, all left standing by morn, caressing, both alive and dead, so cold. The grass becomes as glass, brittle under foot fall, webs, dress glazed blades in chandelier, ghost white...."

"{If I was} a {sinnerman}, {lay my body down} in my {trail of tears), for I would fear to {live forever}, in my {wastelands}, these {fields of fire}. {Dear god},{breathe} the {call of the wild} into ..."

"A hundred million years, I've rested in this place, tons and tons of earth, on every side and face. But something now is changing, the earth is losing hold, a strange new kind of feeling, I t..."

"Her blood falls in the basin, like roses in the snow, she wants to escape the violence, but there's nowhere else to go. She's really taken a beating, her body's black and blue, she dosen't feel the p..."

"I feel a strange stirring, I know my time is near, my whole world is pushing me, in this haven, I now find fear. My body pounds in beating it's the rhythm of my heart, my head feels like exploding, t..."

"A dead piece of stick, draws on waters flow, and from this rotting twig, new life starts to grow. Stretch for the heavens, reaching for the light, a tiny green shoot, pushes into sight. Along the damp..."

"I found a magic world, the door's behind my eyes, where I can go to get away from all that I despise. When I'm feeling down, to escape from feeling blue, I close my eyes and meditate, and this is wha..."

"Shadows, dark, haunted sight, images, from nothing, runs ice over my soul, inside, shivers. Creeping, forever there, on the path I have chose, to find enlightenment and truth, in light. Only with pe..."

"I sat in a bar, surrounded by my friends, everybody happy and laughing, the joy it never ends. I looked into the mirror, a reflective scene was found, everyone filled with content, high spirits all a..."

"D A R K The sun beats down, burning, hot against my skin, but it's brightness doesn't penetrate to the darkened soul within. ..."

"We lie here, waiting expectantly with quiet hearts of fear, five hundred romans march this way, their footsteps we can hear. The dales are covered with mist, covering all with silvery dew, though I f..."

"Ice Drips, from a glacier face, joining together, becoming a race. Faster and faster, becoming a stream, over rocks and peebles, splashing, cold and clean. Streams combine, into a river, flows, over..."

"Cold tingles my wing tips, as I coast beneath the sky, to my prey I'm invisible, to be a danger I'm to high. The hare breaks from cover, running at full pelt, I fold my wings into arrows, now the car..."

"The rain gently falls, on this, still warm summers day, refreshing the earth. A bee hides in bells of foxgloves hanging down low, avoiding rain fall. I discover as the scent of earth fills the air, ..."

"A group of trees, a wooded land, all that we see, do we understand? The ivy climbs the oak, stangling its sole provider, the bramble, like a falling cloak, forever growing wider. The popular reaches..."

"The men of honour lost, the kings knights, all are down, a band of evil mercenaries, a few miles from the town. Marching forever onward, the invaders climb the hill, but standing on it's crest is a m..."

"Way back in celtic England, so the stories say, that the druids in their folklore, had a magic kind of way. One of these ways I'll tell you, and time I hope your find, to try something different, and..."