sold my goods
in a market place
wiped down
my face
packed up my case
longed to feel safe
Category: Poems and Writing 2020
War Games – Written Tuesday 8th January 2020 (Aged 44)
another leader trying
on a jacket for size
the type you wear
when you dream of first prize
when you are limited
and there is something in your eye
Part of Me Leaves – Written Thursday 9th January 2020 (Aged 44)
when i was younger
i believe there was
but i was too busy undoing locks
and i was too busy running around to notice
You Fetched Me at Eighteen – Written Tuesday 7th January 2020 (Aged 44)
it holds me tight
as my memories try not to forget
and my values offer to strike up a light
you were there
in my clumsy years
punch drunk with a mix tape
Playground – Written Tuesday 7th january 2020 (Aged 44)
what did you say
when they came to stay
what did you do
when you built a playground
out of your missing clues
It Is Me (Not Them) – Written Monday 13th January 2020 (Aged 44)
it is me
not them
i know,
i saw myself in a mirror
and the thought does not go
Mad Motorways – Written Friday 3rd January 2020 (Aged 44)
what happened –
to your spring backed youth?
what happened –
to the darling of truth?
Ego Gone Mad – Written Monday 14th January 2020 (Aged 44)
sadness pushes on
in karaoke bars
where no one knows the song
confidence is out on the town
but it waits too long
in the office of the lost and found
Bouncing Ball – Written Wednesday 15th January 2020 (Aged 44)
especially when –
the road is downhill
and the ball keeps on bouncing
no matter how you feel
Tin Tray – Written Monday 13th January 2020 (Aged 44)
there is never an even keel
for what you feel
never a life moment
for when emotions
are not trying to bang you over the head
with an old tin tray
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 