Make Up The Past – Written Friday 18th May 2007 (Aged 32)

Make Up The Past

you can blindly apply make up to a past
that fell and broke its leg
had a cast,
and then, when you needed it,
went too fast
you can squint,
play around when you should be believing
make a drink,
as your childhood feels like lightning
there you are,
trying to paint like enid blyton
when in reality –
you have never stop being frightened
you can blindly apply make up to a past
but it is the future that courts your glance
what went before did not last
but have you the courage to take that dance




James Garratt – Friday 18th May 2007


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