Thank you Carolyn and Cate...very kind of you. Sorry for taking so long to say so.

So, here I go again, putting something in front of you... (you can hear it spoken here - https://soundcloud.com/james-the-miller ) It came upon me suddenly, my armour lying aside It had come tooled up and ready, from a beguilingly gentle tide A huge black, red-eyed, claw-footed, bastard monster beas...

this made me think of how often the public persona is so different to the real self....thanks for the reminder

wow...passion in love indeed

Very evocative, Jimmy and well written. I like your style!

P.S. I didn't do a comparison between the two versions...I concentrated on reading the latter.

Love and justice..two qualities apparently lacking in many places and people (justice as in treating fairly, not giving punishment)...too much of the opposites can be seen - hate and injustice.

Lizzy, you are so kind to both listen and respond, but, although I am not immune to it, I have to disappoint you about lust on this occasion! I will send you a PM about the words...I don't want to divulge the ending here for anyone who has not listened yet. In terms of who I am, I wll remain incogni...

What stood out most for me was your singing...there's an attractive vulnerability and frailty to it....was reminded of Jeff Buckley. This came across in your other song on youtube too, 'in this house'.

Hello I have been a member of this forum for a long time, under a different user name. I have dabbled with words for years, and have started plucking uncertainly at some guitar strings. And now, somehow, the two are coming together. No doubt influenced to some extent by Mr. L.C., but unplanned, undi...