i place myself
in the arms of troubled sleep
could those night time moments
be more complete?
Empty Fields – Written July 2009 (Aged 34)
getting older
less dependent
younger insecurities
becoming redundant
Other Types of Feeling Sad – Written Tuesday 14th January 2020
perhaps it because none of it was necessary
perhaps it is because i have to face myself
maybe it is those life drowning moments
when you long to be somebody or anybody else
Saving Someone – Written Sunday 12th July 2009 (Aged 34)
someone so fearful
always looking behind
fearing that they –
that they will be used again
can i hold them
and stem the pain
Blueprint Your Life – Witten Friday 10th January 2020 (Aged 44)
as you –
are detuning your songs
stripping out melody
and meaningful lyrics
Turns to Liquid – Written Sunday 12th July 2009 (Aged 34)
such hurtful words
but i am left wondering
what it all meant
was it as i feared
just a fairytale dreamt?
December 1992 – Written Friday 10th January 2020 (Aged 44)
i went back to december 1992
and i looked at –
what i had written
in days when i was seventeen
and i wrote ‘rock ‘n’ roll’ poetry
Mountain to Climb – Written Sunday 12th July 2009 (Aged 34)
what words
can glue it back together
this shattered self worth
who can lift
such an unfathomable curse
I Have Never Been One of the Cool Kids – Written Friday 10th January 2020
i have never been one of the cool kids
even when i have been first
opinions not on trend
but find me a fashionable friend
Read Into it What You Will – Written Sunday 12th July 2009 (Aged 34)
i cannot say
the truth within
it remains unravelled
so where do i begin
when so many paths have been travelled
