I saw an uglyWoman in a trainCarriage applyCopious amountsOf beauty creamOn her face, armsAnd shoulders;She was fightingA losing battle. Saturday morning7am and the cityWas still sleeping,It was summerAnd I was on a trainWith my beach towelAnd some poetry booksHurtling down the coastHeaded to some secludedBeach and I was wonderingHow many other peopleRight now were applyingBeauty … More True Beauty #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
I saw the lightDisappear fromYour eyes,You had becomeA hollow shellLiving a zombie lifeFilled with theMeaninglessDaily ritualsAnd minutiaeOf a former life. This modern worldHad sucked theLiving right out of you,But you consumed,Ate and drank,Snorted cocaineAnd boughtDesigner shoesAs if there wereNo tomorrow. Yet it was allHollow and devoidOf any meaning,And your spirit hadBeen extinguishedLong ago andYou were … More Cruel World #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios
In darkness,They listen,In darkness,They hear theirBeating hearts,In darkness,They holdEach otherTenderlyAnd feel theWeight ofThe worldAs they awaitThe birth ofA new day. *******************************With a digital painting from Nikos Laios *******************************Check Nikos Laios’ NEW eBOOK, HERE!
They lived inA world ofConspiracies,Nut-jobs and psychos;Deluded and patheticSad souls who hungOn every word onSocial mediaSearching forA meaning thatHad eluded themAll of their lives,Shadows of theMen and womenThat they couldBecome evadingThe light thatExistence andThe Earth hadTo offer. *******************************With a digital painting from Nikos Laios *******************************Check Nikos Laios’ NEW eBOOK, HERE!
They reap what they sow,The bitter fruits of war,The dogs of deathUnleashed by their ownHands in lands now filledWith dead and dying,Damned and defiled;Sacrificial victims onA pyre of ancient hatreds,Burning and scorchingA cursed and desolateLand. *******************************With a digital painting from Nikos Laios *******************************Check Nikos Laios’ NEW eBOOK, HERE!
The gentle breeze,The smell of the sea,The slapping wavesAgainst the hull,The solitudeOf sailingVast oceans. I felt happiestOn the deckOf a yachtAlone with myThoughts ostracisedFrom an increasinglyCruel world. *******************************With a digital painting from Nikos Laios *******************************Check Nikos Laios’ NEW eBOOK, HERE!
Weak and soft,Bereft of any pride,He sat on a couchAll day eating pizzas andPlaying computer games,Unemployed by choice. His day was punctuatedBy periods of fatigue,Indulging in jealousyAnd resentments,Hatreds and historicalGrudges and conspiracyTheories living a fantasyWorld on social media,With a fat redneckGirlfriend acrossThe globe whomHe’ll never meetOr fuck. He was the epitome ofOf the evolution of … More Modern Man by Nikos Laios
The pillars of fireAnd the risingColumns of smoke,The cracked landAnd the hot sky,And on the witheredVines they clung,The last fruitOf the Earth. They lusted,Fucked,killed,DesecratedDestroyedA ravagedEarth. The theocraticFascists,The dictators,The capitalists,The left-leaningTattooed and piercedWoke mafia,The vegans andThe environmentalists,The power blocks,The fat westernersAnd their risingInflation and interest rates,And the starving and dyingThird World. They were all guilty,And they … More Savage Monkey Men by Nikos Laios
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