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
i should never have let it go
loving a love
that can never be mine
in love –
but no love this time
i could sit here
and watch you all night
and i am convinced
that things would be fine
i watch the vulture
as it circles above
picking over the carcass
that we once called love
the systems and the rules
exposed as fools and failures
what does it mean
all our bullshit pomp and regalia
i am compelled
by the idea of myths
that,
somehow,
become,
the lives that we live
Aspirational Quotes Have No Meaning love will live here if it likes and aspirational quotes with no meaning can take…
love works hard for its toil
and any time off in lieu
love plays hard
just so it can soak up the view
i saw you,
ask me to step right in
tempt me,
with escapism and home brewed sin
it is survival
not to shine
and swing by wire
on mystifying rhyme
but what if –
their parents do not –
build love –
out of the building blocks –
they had
