does delusion keep you safe?
does it tuck you in when you go to bed?
does it rearrange the furniture –
which lies scattered inside your head

looks like i am driving alone
once again
looks like i am seeing alone
once again

i was never in the, ‘in crowd’
i was a bookworm
i was never a head turn
especially not in that last year at school

you said that i was not cool
that you did not like the way i dress
lose a little weight
you are looking a mess

it rains outside
this north east coast of scotland
has a bleakness
and a beauty that leaves me amazed

i am not an, ’emotional cripple’ –
treating my partner –
like a desperate crutch

you have to learn people
a shame,
you never learnt me
you never learnt my life

ghosts
just over my shoulder
makes a place
appear much colder

When I Was Younger when i was younger no one told me – about some of the pain – that … More