Mental Health Alphabet – Written Wednesday 27th August 2025 (Aged 50)

If so,
the surgical instrument
is just a pen

Hot Air Balloon – Written Wednesday 27th August 2025 (aged 50)

And now the hot air balloon
of my life
rises up,
reaching new heights

Collection – Written Wednesday 27th August 2025 (Aged 50)

see that they are integrated
into my collection of rain.

Diesel Trains – Written Wednesday 27th August 2025 (Aged 50)

Back on the diesel train,
electrification is a situation
I once found
in birthday dreams

The Tartan Tin – Written Tuesday 26th August 2025 (Aged 50)

I married someone once,
and the devils must have sat around
eating shortbread
from a tartan tin.

My Victorian Buildings – Written Tuesday 26th August 2025 (Aged 50)

My Victorian buildings
were built to last,
but my play was cast,
and I was sent out to sea.

Wiring – Written Thursday 25th August 2025 (Aged 50)

It’s connection,
human connection

Meaning – Written August 2025 (Aged 50)

every anniversary.
It’s a celebration of that task

The Hard Part – Monday 25th August 2025 (Aged 50)

The hard part is,
I don’t remember.

I Still Love You – Sunday 24th August 2025 (Aged 50)

Yet, I still love you,
and it feels like trauma,
with a bow of grief.
I see us in pictures,
and something feels incomplete