Hard Backed Pew – Written October 2024 (Aged 49)

Hard Backed Pew

who is protecting me
from me,
drive is one thing
but i am veering
and clearly,
there is no steering
ambition is leering
i will never make the clearing
the warning sounds,
i am clearly not hearing
the fear of missing out
what is it that i am fearing
i need something new,
away from this hard-backed pew
where
every walk to the corporate altar
involves some kind of approval
which eventually starts to falter
and my happiness
becomes subject to removal
who is protecting me,
from me

James Garratt – October 2024

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