Lines in the Sand – Written Tuesday 22nd November 2011 (Aged 36)

always be –
somewhere that others –
think i should not be
some say it is isolation
some say it is out to sea

Trying to Reinvent Their Wheel – Written Friday 20th August 2021 (Aged 46)

i find many people
trying to hide
what is obvious inside
i see them
with their social media profiles

Golden and Brown – Written Friday 20th August 2021 (Aged 46)

like a star
trying to catch a frown
i was caught
in my own web
it is made
of words I have said

Saying Goodbye – Written Friday 20th August 2021 (Aged 46)

saying goodbye
is it goodbye?
when you are not sure
if you ever said hello

When The Stars Let You Go – Written Tuesday 7th September 2021 (Aged 46)

this is haunting
the way we are all so low
this is beautiful
the shine within our eyes

Hunger for the Spotlight – Written August 2021 (Aged 46)

a sense of contradiction
clings to their brain
childhood hands out certificates
leaving you an expert in pain

How The Truth Got Here – Written Friday 20th August 2021 (Aged 46)

and no one –
will understand how i feel
the relationships i had
perhaps it was never real
perhaps that is why i never called him dad

A Self Contained Apartment – Written Wednesday 18th August 2021 (Aged 46)

not different
or special
or even aloof
just self contained

Keep Me Warm – Written Wednesday 18th August 2021 (Aged 46)

i am never as stable as i want to be
what did –
my parents build me upon
was it every sad song
that they had heard

Broad Shoulders – Written Thursday 12th August 2021 (Aged 46)

my parents generation spoke in sayings
and would talk about broad shoulders
but all those sayings
do not mean anything any more