people telling me about things –
that professionally that i trained for –
studied for and have done for years
Category: Poems October 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