To Do List – Written Wednesday 4th December 2024 (Aged 49)

To Do List

you always hope cracks
will be fixed,
covered up,
and never missed.

add me,
add me to your to-do list.
build us a house
on the edge of a cliff,
not too far
from your favourite bridge.

i need a tonic,
a permanent lift.
hitch up those feelings,
hand paint the walls.
we are not to-do lists,
and leave us kneeling,
for we are built like armies,
we’re marching on our feelings.

you always hope cracks
can be fixed,
but i think it is true to say
that they remain on show.

and every day i feel like i am left,
having to find my way.
i flutter in the breeze,
and look for a sentence to say.

James Garratt – Wednesday 4th December 2024

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