we have navigated –
such strange events
situations of hardship
people well meant
Category: Poems and Writing 2022
Years Made of Plasticine – Written Wednesday 7th September 2022 (Aged 47)
Years Made of Plasticine the last of me feelings managed to topple a tower so, i ran around a house … More
People Are Broken – Written Tuesday 13th September 2022 (Aged 47)
people are broken
one by one
like the green bottles
that hung upon the wall
The Stepdad Years – Written September 2022 (Aged 47)
i have lived with trauma now –
for some years
it happened as a child
over the stepdad years
Bait and Hook – Written September 2022 (Aged 47)
my opinions
do not recline as well or as fast
my railway tracks
lack fresh ballast
Power and Privilege – Written Friday 2nd September 2022 (Aged 47)
they like to talk about, ‘snowflakes’
well, we are only, ‘snowflakes’
because you did not teach us
contentment and how to settle
Shrink Wrapped Self Esteem – Written August 2022 (Aged 47)
the idea, the notion of standing out
petrified you
and when i said it,
i saw you shrink
The Wrong Name Badge – Written Friday 19th August 2022 (Aged 47)
democracy –
is only about power
you do understand that,
right?
Glass Poverty – Written Friday 19th August 2022 (Aged 47)
glass poverty comes into view
somehow,
shiny and new
bending the light
Hold The Cup Aloft – Written Friday 12th August 2022 (Aged 47)
the old days were better,
so, they say
why don’t you write them a love letter
and tell them why you didn’t stay
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