Taking a Match – Written Approx. Late 1993 or January 1994 (Aged 18)

Taking a Match

no one ever told me
that was world,
was not so good
not when i was young
i just took it for granted
and when i see my father cry
respect is all i ever wanted
there i was,
going to school with people
you thought,
would never be right
then meeting and realising
if you had been together
it would have been alright
now, everything is okay
i am so much older now
the night has dawned into a new day
and yet,
i am still so eager to learn
i have taken a match to my past
and i’m going to watch it burn
you can see,
that i am still working
on a totally emotional level
but the truth is,
i am learning to deal with people



James Garratt – 1993/1994


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