it hurts
as hard as it hits
this cycle
leaves us in bits
we do not feel alone
just compiling lists
Category: Poems and Writing 2010
Question the Bill – Written Wednesday 3rd November 2010 (Aged 35)
you do not realise
it is the greatest gift
and for you,
at the age you are
the stage is set
and you could go far
Age of Chance – Written Tuesday 2nd November 2010 (aged 35)
you are living –
in your age of chance
a time to fly
instead, you sit inside
a world of problems
a prisoner of the tide
Thirty Something Party (Originally Untitled) – Written October 2010 (Aged 35)
is it just a thirties thing
has the party reached a point
where the alcohol we have desired
and the food we have craved
has all been drunk and eaten
Showering Praise (Originally Untitled and Unfinished) – Written October 2010 (Aged 35)
you went
from showering praise
to digging the earth
for my grave
Ego Boost (Originally Untitled)- Written October 2010 (Aged 35)
it is a game
i know,
i see,
an ego boost
for a fragile reality
The Book I Am – Written Thursday 28th October 2010 (Aged 35)
you open me up
like the book i am
your tear out my pages
and forget my hands
Why Do People Hurt You? (Originally Untitled) – Written Thursday 28th October 2010
i could fall in love with you
just becomes a thorny maze
and, ‘you are a keeper’
becomes another rusty knife
one that plunges much deeper
Defensive – Written Thursday 28th October 2010 (Aged 35)
of course i am defensive
i fought for this piece of land
i fought to be me
i fought to be who i am
I Want to Hold (Originally Untitled) – Written Wednesday 27th October 2010 (Aged 35)
i want to hold –
and to be held
i feel –
a kind of safety
and protection
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