i looked at their life
replacing what is lost
building up that security
and creating that perfect life
when we are over,
then she can play dutiful wife
the generation told
that they could have it all
they brought that wholesale
from the most impossible stall
i looked at their life
filling it with traditional things
hoping, seeking, searching
that security that it brings
never questioning
the rain that falls in the background
even when it crashes onto windows
never wanting to hear the sound
i looked at their life
how easily we are replaced
cardboard cut outs and stencils
just an outline to trace
James Garratt – Monday 24th November 2008
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 