Bedtime – Written Thursday 30th October 1997 (Aged 22)

James Garratt,

Bedtime

the only person i am needing
is my friend on the other side
still dead,
but still very much alive
my hand of electricity
grasped for comfort
in the deadness of non reality
i sink into my head
i must lie down on my bed
and watch the day fall away
i must turn things over
just like the covers
i must lie down and take it all in
my friends on the other side
casually come and go
and sometimes they drift by
but into my mind i stare
as i lie down on my bed
my mind is up
and i ponder what lies ahead
the only person i am seeing
is still alive yet very much dead




James Garratt – Thursday 30th October 1997


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Published by James Garratt

I am a 40 something sometime writer. I live in the South West of the UK but originally I am from Essex.

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      2. I don’t know if it’s the very last one – but I think growing up and more things happening in my life, beliefs like this just fell by the wayside. It’s the process of real life and real experiences replacing the fantasy.

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      5. Yes, probably. Or maybe certain channels get clogged up we could easily access when we were younger – before we get swallowed up by social obligations. Guess it happes to all of us to some degree

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