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James Garratt – A life lived and recorded in ink since 1992

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Category: Poems October 2006

This Life – Written November 2006 (Aged 31)

we had fun
i thought you loved me
okay, i was right
it was past tense
and now, fuck this life

poems, poetry, writer, writing

Not Once But Twice – Written Tuesday 31st October 2006 (Aged 31)

i have always known
that the fingers
point at the likes of me
it counts fingers and toes

poetry, writer, writing

I Would Just Like to Tell You – Written Tuesday 31st October 2006 (Aged 31)

you might sit there and wonder
if you are the subject of this write
well, i can tell you, you are special
a million illuminating lights

poems, poetry, writing

Unfolded – Written October 2006 (Aged 31)

i have seen life
unfold in all its glory
and i have seen progress
from my own god’s hand

poems, poetry, writing

Age and Decay – Written Monday 30th October 2006 (Aged 31)

we age and decay so quickly
forced to hold onto a youth
that never really loved us anyway
everyone has got mortgages
got married and with a child on the way

poems, poetry, writer, writing

My Name is James – Written Monday 29th October 2006 (Aged 31)

i have shouldered
my father’s ‘crimes’
for so many years
had to be the box of tissues
for a vast oceans of tears

poems, poetry, writing

Inadequate Parental Love – Written October 2006 (Aged 31)

inadequate parental love
they hurt and abuse us
but that does not mean
that they do not love us

poems, poetry, writing

An Open Mentalist – Written Sunday 29th October 2006 (Aged 31)

an open mentalist
i know it is true
ii have always held
my own point of view

poetry, writer, writing

You Are The… – Written Sunday 29th October 2006 (Aged 31)

you are the…
well i leave a blank
because as i started to write
the words to describe you departed

poems, poetry, writing

Take You Home – Written Sunday 29th October 2006 (Aged 31)

i would paint the walls
of colours that never feel alone
i would speak to the walls
the walls that never phone

poems, poetry, writing

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