men have too much confidence
women look down
and avert their eyes
men remove their tops, thump their chest
Category: Poems June 2021
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
In Dreams – Written Thursday 24th June 2021 (Aged 46)
in dreams
my anxiety is a waterfall
cascading at full pelt
and scenes intermingle
Shrapnel in My Hands – Written Friday 18th June 2021 (Aged 46)
there are bits of me
i do not understand
and sometimes my self esteem
feels like shrapnel in my hands
I Was Young Once – Written Friday 18th June 2021 (Aged 46)
a heart full of thoughts
so much to say
how those days
seem so far away
The Present Is a Foreign Country – Written Tuesday 15th June 2021 (Aged 46)
it used to be said
that the past
is a foreign country
one we could barely view
Head to Toe – Written Friday 11th June 2021 (Aged 46)
Head to Toe they feed on your life energy thirsty, they drink your emotions – and anger, so much rage … More
Cold Comfort – Written Thursday 19th June 2021 (Aged 46)
and when positives are hard to find
sadness is happy to turn on the taps
and fill up your mind
The Streets of Dizzy Heights – Written Tuesday 8th June 2021 (Aged 46)
it felt difficult today
i was punch drunk
from fighting my tiredness
