Friend and Lover

i will suffer this life indecision 
i will be romanced by anxiety 
and I will be courted by change 
all this will be worthwhile 
to hear you utter my name 
i will live every moment 
and call each one ‘dear’ 
i will hunt down my loss 
i will put out the fire of fear 
i know it will be all worthwhile 
when I hold you near 
i will live these strange days 
where nothing is at it seems 
where the egg timer tumbles 
and it’s neither one way or another 
it does not matter, you are my friend 
and also my lover 
and I know deep inside, truly 
there is no another.


James Garratt – Monday 6th October 2008