there is something deeply precious in younger days
it wines and dines us but it cannot stay
i cannot tell you what it appeared to be
i have seen it though and i have seen it in me
Category: Poems and Writing 2020
You No Longer Want To Be a Host – Written Saturday 2nd May 2020 (Aged 45)
i have written about you
almost more than most
yet now,
when it comes to our friendship
you no longer want to be a host
Is Your Kindness Equal? – Written Monday 1st June 2020 (Aged 45)
is your kindness equal
or is it tied to values
that are only ever personal
should kindness be just given
just based on a personal belief
or how a person is driven
Flawed Human Beings – Written Friday 1st May 2020 (Aged 45)
i am a flawed human being
and i accept it
accept personality can shift
egotistical plates
cause rifts
pens run out
before i complete my lists
Adulting – Written Monday 1st June 2020 (Aged 45)
infantilising themselves,
as a twenty something
or a thirty something child
some people, well it is not quite the joke
not quite the luxury chocolate
not quite the full ticket or the full fat hope
Do You Know How I Feel? – Written Wednesday 29th April 2020 (Aged 45)
even when my self esteem
finds itself undressed
and standing naked
in front of a crowd
The Hug From Dad They Never Received – Written Wednesday 3rd June 2020 (Aged 45)
and what should we do
with all these ill-educated fools
someone broke their building blocks
by using the wrong tools
Aspiring to Happiness – Written Monday 27th April 2020 (Aged 45)
aspiring to happiness
when, actually, we do not know –
what happiness means
or what we should expect
Upside Down Bible – Written Wednesday 3rd June 2020 (Aged 45)
when compassion runs dry
a government addresses its people
and overflows with lies
Ill-Educated White Guy – Written Wednesday 3rd June 2020 (Aged 45)
discrimination does not exist
there is an educated right hook
that has clearly missed
