fall apart –
in jigsaw pieces
heart and soul feeling
paint,
all my ceilings
Category: Poems and Writing 2013
I Am Prone to Veering off Course (Originally Untitled) – Written March 2013 (Aged 38)
i am prone –
to veering off course
and,
you need a steady –
boyfriend / partner / husband / life partner!
Abnormal Gems (Originally Untitled) – Written March 2013 (Aged 38)
to find a way forward
i could keep –
on this course
(of course)
Pursuit of Youth (Originally Untitled) – Written Friday 8th March 2013 (Aged 38)
the pursuit of ‘youth’
when it was there
it was pushed away
in favour of being, ‘older’
Mum is With Me (Originally Untitled) – Written Friday 8th March 2013 (Aged 38)
mum is with me –
on the journey to work
she never saw the camper van
but that is where i distill the hurt
Forever Thirty Six – Written February 2013 (Aged 37)
approaching birthday
the second one without them
fear getting older
and looking different
Riviera Heights – Written February 2013 (Aged 37)
i have been driven out
or to tears
and somewhere close –
to the hub of my fears
do not stop us
from reaching riviera heights
I Do Not Comply (Originally Untitled) – Written January 2013 (Aged 37)
a label, a comment, a word –
has to be dealt with
you cannot impart it, give it, pass it –
and expect no reaction
but people do…
they pick up your palette
and turn all the colours blue
A Fear is Not a Fact (Originally Untitled) – Written Monday 28th January 2013 (Aged 37)
a fear is not a fact
an opinion
is not evidence
say so,
is just the old heave ho
Success (Originally Untitled) – Written January 2013 (Aged 37)
they pile on the pressure
and we scream –
to be let out
in this life –
is this what it is all about?
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