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
Category: Poems January 2013
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?
Coping Mechanism (Originally Untitled) – Written January 2013 (Aged 37)
and,
where would begin
no one rocks the boat
because no one can swim
One Day He Will Be Gone (Originally Untitled) – Written January 2013 (Aged 37)
he is dad
maybe just in name
but… dad, all the same
father,
if that is prefered