it is just our love
set it free from the vice
life is complicated enough
and short of commercial advice
Category: Poems and Writing 2012
A Pain Like This – Written Wednesday 12th December 2012 (Aged 37)
i am asked questions
but i no longer have answers
those carefree days
may require a poetic licence
but i do not remember a pain like this
Grief is Not One Mountain (But a Range) – Written November 2012 (Aged 37)
i struggle with aspects
grief is not one mountain
but a range
and it is that,
that makes it difficult and stange
I Saw The Old Me Run Past – Written November 2012 (Aged 37)
i am not that person
not anymore
leave your boots by the door
turn up the fire
sit by a distant shore
A Little Praise – Written November 2012 (Aged 37)
it was good –
to see you –
indulge in a little praise
for someone –
so tied in knots
too often, it is easily forgot
Why – Written November 2012 (Aged 37)
why did i fight them
when my life
always delivered the fight
On Top of the World – Written November 2012 (Aged 37)
but their claim
needles the insane
when will the pain be tamed?
and not have such a vicious bite?
How Are You?- Written November 2012 (Aged 37)
they never ask how i am
part of,
why you do not understand
If Only They Counted Us – Written November 2012 (Aged 37)
when a child –
does not fulfill a parents ambitions
or hope or need
simply put to one side
Own Yourself – Written November 2012 (Aged 37)
some people do not seem to own themselves
they have never taken the journey
the one where we claim who we are
without owning ourselves,
we are left to live through others
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