people telling me about things –
that professionally that i trained for –
studied for and have done for years
Category: Poems and Writing 2017
Self Promotion – Written October 2017 (Aged 42)
they are scrabbling around to be the best
to signal their greatness
hoping we will not notice
the heap of their own fake mess
I Will Shut My Mouth – Written October 2017 (Aged 42)
so when did finding s voice –
just become about exerting power
when all this change –
should such division continue to flower?
Time to Retreat – Written Wednesday 18th October 2017 (Aged 42)
i seem to have accumulated labels –
that dictate who i am
i have been everything you have
i have been everything you love
More Diet Drinks – Written Thursday 19th October 2017 (Aged 42)
it is true
on that diet that you chew
self esteem
has fallen through
weight another risk
that cannot be weighed
Ghost Writers – Written Wednesday 18th October 2017 (Aged 42)
it is good to have a voice,
when once it was so repressed
yet now, it is without recourse
and it is good, is it not
to tell your own story
Personal Coup – Writing September 2017 (Aged 42)
should those parts
mount a coup
if my poorest mental health
had the key
what would it do?
Consumption – Written September 2017 (Aged 42)
what scares me –
is that one day –
the roof will collapse
Envy – Written September 2017 (Aged 42)
they did well
with the surface
no inward chat though
i envy them in one breath
but in the next –
so evaporates my regrets
You Are Not Here to See Us – Written Monday 18th September 2017 (Aged 42)
you are not here to see us
your chair was empty
but my heart is still full of you
plenty of,
time has come and gone
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