Anxiety is Not Your Natural State – Written Monday 5th July 2021 (Aged 46)

life has placed you in an enclosure
you just need the key for the gate
timekeeping is so important
there is always a watch on the arm of fate

Stepping Back – Written Monday 5th July 2021 (Aged 46)

we confuse social media
with the real world
and we adjust, moods and feelings
to reflect that

Once – Written Monday 5th July 2021 (Aged 46)

once
i was the shape
of things to come
now I am the shape
of things that have been done

This is a Modern World – Written Thursday 1st July 2021 (Aged 46)

i find things in me
which seem to fit
this is a modern world
some of it will not be missed

Two Human Beings – Written Thursday 1st July 2021 (Aged 46)

one,
where,
the doors do not open
and the windows –
have no adjustment

Cotton Candy World – Written July 2021 (Aged 46)

what has happened
to this cotton candy world
the ugly scar of history
weeps –
for injustice and equality

Unpinned – Written by Katherine Garratt – August 2021

And very earnestly, small hands would spell out
I
Love
You
Mummy
With x x x crosses x x x for kisses until the flame sputtered out

Men Are the Beasts – Written Monday 28th June 2021 (Aged 46)

men have too much confidence
women look down
and avert their eyes
men remove their tops, thump their chest

Going Spare – Written Monday 28th June 2021 (Aged 46)

it is not like –
any of is have pieces of us
just lying around,
or going spare

A Lack of Male Role Models – Written Monday 28th June 2021 (Aged 46)

and i thought to myself
perhaps it because –
mum raised me
more than my dad