i realised today
that grief,
is not, ‘one size fits all’
that loss,
is not a common call
Category: Poems February 2017
Mother, Daughter, Sister (Too Often a Wife) (Originally Untitled) – Written February 2017 (Aged 42)
i am sad and i was sad,
because they are no longer here
but sad also for their life
mother, daughter, sister –
too often a wife
Steamboat (Originally Untitled) – Written Monday 27th February 2017 (Aged 42)
it is ego and stubbornness
that has dragged me
personality disorders
mental health
a refusal to accept
all these things have dragged me to here
The Pretence of the Pretend (Originally Untitled) – Written Friday 24th February 2017 (Aged 41)
i will be whatever colour or gender
that i need to be
i will listen to, ‘art house jazz’
and write my own social media story
I Never Expected Such Times – Written Friday 17th February 2017 (Aged 41)
i thought gathering years
would gather me up
pull up the covers tight
and then turn off the light
Making Up For Lost Time (Originally Untitled) – Written Thursday 9th February 2017 (Aged 41)
when experience was something new
and yet, failure so near
when i first nested my hopes
and found that views are never that clear