Is There Anything Inside? – Written October 2006 (Aged 31)

Is There Anything Inside?

i cannot explain this pain
or what,
someone has done to me
on the surface it seems so little
inside i am in so much pain
and i am feeling brittle
i don’t understand they why or the how
i want to sit down and make them see
make them understand my pain
the cold hearted shoulder offered
was no comforting domain
i need to resolve this inner pain
give me your head on a platter
let’s talk about it through gritted teeth
but you will not talk to me
you will not afford me any decency
of a face to face talk
all of my anger and my pain
you turn it back on you
surely telling those strangers for years
surely the betrayal of all that
surely the weekend of tears
the embarrassment and the fear
surely this must be apparent to you
no matter what your crazy reasons
but it doesn’t, it just passes you by
and i wonder, is there anything inside?




James Garratt – October 2006


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