should have been a pilot
a vision of this age
i will sit with my jailer
and repaint this cage
Category: Poems and Writing 2000
Sadder – Written Friday 17th November 2000 (Aged 25)
some people are sadder
just tearful
some people see different colours
Next Day – Written Friday 17th November 2000 (Aged 25)
there is more than three kings
well, save a seat
because i want to be there
Butterfly – Written Friday 17th November 2000 (Aged 25)
i went by –
but you did not catch me
and i don’t know why
What Happened to Your Softness? – Written Tuesday 29th August 2000 (aged 25)
what happened to your softness
to your footprints in the snow
how quickly affections thaw
and how quickly people go
You Are a Strange One – Written July 2000 (Aged 25)
and i will wilt
before i work you out
and they will bury me up to my neck
in my own guilt
They Open Me Like a Box – Written July 2000 (Aged 25)
the strangers follow me
and wait for me, there in the dark
they are ready to pounce
when i fall apart
Remember – Written Tuesday 4th July 2000 (Aged 25)
i remember writing letters
to those i was with
to those i really liked
those eager to give me their gift
Strange – Written Monday 3rd July 2000 (Aged 25)
and barriers seem to be trees –
that grow higher each day
do i mean as much to you, as you do to me?
Signs – Written Monday 3rd July 2000 (Aged 25)
like when we had doors
but the doors opened into a building
and we had too many flaws
perhaps beauty itself is fatally flawed