Lime

I watched the lime tree

Wither up and die

And it felt familiar

Somehow

In an i don’t care

Kind of way

Like being dragged

To the ocean’s bottom

By concrete blocks

Tied round your ankles

And enjoying the fish

As the swim by…

Because it doesn’t matter

Just don’t fight it.

The lime tree never bore fruit

So maybe it was time to go.

Bestselling Post Here

Nice to see the collections still charting on the bestselling lists.

Gaming: What’s Next?

So now that I’ve played through Resident Evil: Requiem what’s next?

Well there’s a good list of games I’m either waiting for or am on the go with right now. These include: Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga; Silent Hill f; Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake; the forthcoming sequel to one of the best RPGs ever – The Witcher 4; Clair Obscur Expedition 33; and I still have to defeat the final boss in the DLC to Elden Ring on my second playthrough (VERY DIFFICULT…I think it’s safe to say I fucking hate Prince Consort Radahn). I also need to finish Doom: The Dark Ages, so no shortage of games to play over the next little while.

Resident Evil: Requiem

Finished Resident Evil: Requiem. Pretty amazing game actually. Hard to say which one I liked better – this one of VII. Requiem is a great synthesis of Action Horror and Horror Shooter. Note it is horror no matter which character you are playing – Grace or Leon. Overall I’d say it’s one of the best games I’ve ever played. Here are a selection of screenshots taken while playing. PC stats: Aorus Z390 Ultra, 32 GB RAM, Intel Core i7 9300K, with an MSi Nvidea RTX 5070 12GB OC.

Time to Grow

My column in this week’s Winkler Morden Voice and Altona Rhineland Voice newspapers.

Album

Everyday
Is a series of photos
In an album called life
Snapshots captured as
Studies in dark
Studies in light
Shadows as memories
Cast upon our walls
Telling our stories
To the ones brave enough
To wander our gallery
Perchance to leave
Images of their own
Behind.

UNBOXING – MSi RTX 5070 Ventus2 OC White

falling

and i see
reminders of the past
like autumn leaves
blazing before me
as visions in a fire
falling to the ground.

what will become of them
as they are buried
and turned to mulch?
will they nurture
a new and brighter future
whose roots go deep
or will they moulder away
signifying the death of all things;
things that were, are and could be?

for we know this much:
all that was, might create
a bright and new-felt day
or descend to bitter darkness –
of crushed hopes in decay.

The Freedom of Poetry

I will say this – Kylee Bailey is an amazing writer. I’ve been following Bailey’s writing and sense a passion for the craft. This one is a great read.

RTX 5070

New video card. Replaced the RTX 3060 with an MSI RTX 5070 oc…came with a “free” copy of Resident Evil Requiem.