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
Category: Poems August 2021
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
People Do Not Want to Hear Truths – Written August 2021 (Aged 46)
do not –
offer them truths
or latter day horror stories
give them a love story
Pull Triggers – Written Tuesday 10th August 2021 (Aged 46)
to delve,
deep into myself
and block up the entrance
is a destructive trait
it is a dangerous state
Plain Boats, Luxury Boats, Small Boats – Written August 2021 (Aged 46)
they built
a gin palace
at the bottom of your garden
where they hide their smiley face
You Must Take Comfort – Written Saturday 7th August 2021 (Aged 46)
fashion lampshades
and fix your lights
your attachment journey
means you hold on tight
Social Perfection is a Lie – Written Saturday 7th August 2021 (Aged 46)
do people reinforce negatives
because,
a position of defence
causes less offence
or maybe
it is just a white flag held aloft
Share a Sixpence – Written Friday 6th August 2021 (Aged 46)
keep out the draft
be like –
the very best paperchains
do not shed –
hopeless paper tears
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