James Garratt – A life lived and recorded in ink since 1992
My name is James and this personal website is an attempt to archive my writing which predominately is (under a loose banner) poetry
I started writing things down at the age of 17 in 1992, initially with no other idea of plan then to keep a record of my thoughts and feelings. Given my growing up experiences it felt like the perfect way to apply some self help therapy
with a touch of the darkest night
i have counted the conversations
and wondered,
just how many more?
time has arrived
without a chuckle
and without being late
it feels like that they travelled
and unravelled in the arms of fate
rudderless scallywags
burnt by the lights –
of a faded amusement park
dirty faces
let down by fathers
drowned in their own inadequacy
but neither mystic
or soothsayer
would have had to predict
we have lived a jigsaw existence
where only certain pieces fit
confidence is nervous
and caught smoking
nerves are anxious
they have started joking
your conversation bored me today
i dreamt the time away
i have never worked so hard
here we are falling apart
nothing has surprised me
and in your solo booth
i am not convinced
that you have the truth
to me, you are intellectual looters
perch on a roof
and hang onto the coat tails
of a better day
one that stole your youth
then ran away
the trouble and the strife
and the patterns of our mental health
that colour our lives can seem all too real
even early in the morning, out of context
we cannot help the way we feel
Let’s Be In Love your love for me, your care it has shown me how my hurt has tumbled and…
