the sparkle
lost in a melee –
of failed parents
and bullying stepfathers
Category: Poems December 2006
Watching Parents – Written December 2006 (Aged 31)
i watch parents as they –
hang themselves with guilt
prisons of their childhood
too easily built
My Failing Arms – Written Sunday 24th December 2006 (Aged 31)
i knew then,
that my fragile dreams
could not make it undone
Departure Board – Written Sunday 24th December 2006 (Aged 31)
Departure Board if you could be honest with yourself if you could admit and not be so scared you would … More
Multiple Choice – Written Sunday 24th December 2006 (Aged 31)
life some big exam
why does each event –
seem like an essay?
Watching You From a Distance – Written Wednesday 20th December 2006 (Aged 31)
watching you scrabble around
in a trough of half baked truths
gives me the closure
which i have always desired
Truth? – Written Wednesday 20th December 2006 (Aged 31)
truth?
life is not true or false
right or wrong
it is not black or white
Approval – Written Sunday 24th December 2006 (Aged 31)
it would appear that as a child
they starved you of approval
they over estimated your shoulders
you carried too much disapproval
Motherhood – Written December 2006 (Aged 31)
motherhood –
you constantly seek approval
and a round of applause
Sometime I Get Entangled In Me- Written Saturday 2nd December 2006 (Aged 31)
i must not forget i love you
we have lost a season or two this year
we have witnessed too much bloodshed