People Ask – Written Thursday 1st February 2024 (Aged 48)

^{People Ask}

people ask me –
why do i achieve…
and yet others,
they do not
but,
my failings are plain to see
i put them on show –
in my personal gallery
which,
opens at three
but to you it s open all hours
the entrance is soft
and my heart blossoms like a flower
people ask me –
why do i achieve…
but i have rolled around in broken glass
made my way,
carrying stupid decisions
and rolled around in gravel like grass
my failures and stupidity –
have fermented in an amusing cask
it’s just vanity and ego
holding out with a stall –
at some county show
i can tell you that the anxiety –
the fear of missing out
and the all doubts –
they never truly go

James Garratt – Thursday 1st February 2024

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