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 sit here,
imagining versions of me —
the ones,
that I know
can never be
I know though,
memories are just paper
or parchment,
or fragments of a song,
like long haul trailers
that I haul along.
I wonder,
where does it fit in?
Restlessness
is something
on which I cling.
in hallways
that are my age;
in rooms
that are painted
in rage.
And you cosied up
to the devil
when your evangelical religions
became false.
And now,
People place faith,
belief,
and trust
into wicked demons.
I close a gate;
step down.
I stop,
I pull down the shutters;
You just sit there,
and you are expected
to absorb the punch;
there have to be
other places to go;
places with different spaces,
and people I know.
the loss of a time
that felt carefree,
even though
we know that it was not.
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 