ordinary joe
wants to meet –
ordinary jo
let them thaw
from the snow
Category: Poems October 2010
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
Waiting For Contact (Originally Untitled) – Written Friday 22nd October 2010 (Aged 35)
find me,
in hot air balloons
strumming the sky
kissing clouds
and look me in the eye
October Spring Clean – Written Friday 22nd October 2010 (Aged 35)
although it is october –
feels like time for a spring clean
i will tidy up –
and put away toys
that i once played with