Talk About Real to Me (Originally Untitled) – Written Sunday 24th July 2005 (Aged 30)

Talk About Real to Me

talk about real to me
through the drip dry tears
on staid park bench
tell me about real
through the bittersweet stench
i saw you on tuesday
in a coffee house
where the stories ferment
and the tall ships sail past
i saw you lament
talk about real to me
through the solid way
in subsequent depression
i saw you last wednesday
wrestling again with your depression
tell me about real
where mental illness stalks
with a club in its hand
and a foot in your bed
you would love to understand
the demons in your head
talk about real to me
tell me on thursday
when you would like to be free




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James Garratt – Sunday 24th July 2005