Feeling Complete – Written August 2010 (Aged 35)

i am strangled by –
that question
i am double flipped
by what that says

Clowns Have a Cost – Written Sunday 7th July 2002 (Aged 27)

cannot dance
twenty four hours a day
sometimes,
i need a little place to hide away

Better Maps – Written Monday 6th September 2021 (Aged 46)

find it hard to navigate myself
would like better maps
would like a less obvious collapse

Expectations – Written Friday 21st June 2002 (Aged 27)

i have never really come true
you can see the cracks
and you can see the glue

You Know I Drown in a Drop of Affection – Written Tuesday 31st May 2011 (Aged 36)

of course –
you know a drop of affection drowns me
a snippet of praise
burns me as if it was acid

Trying to Reinvent Their Wheel – Written Friday 20th August 2021 (Aged 46)

i find many people
trying to hide
what is obvious inside
i see them
with their social media profiles

Joker – Written Thursday 23rd February 1995 (Aged 19)

i hurt people and i make mistakes
i do not mean to, i am just a human being
i am trying to juggle my life
trying to give it some meaning or depth

Centre Stage – Written Thursday 23rd February 1995 (Aged 19)

the magician always picks you
to come and join them on stage
he says he can make you disappear
all you need to do is step into the cage

Please Approve – July 2019

i become an addict
craving a fix
the absolute,
crushing defeat
in the lava flow

Crushing Self Belief – Tuesday 23rd july 2019

i have never had –
that crushing self belief
the kind –
that unsettles feet
the one –
that hard irons the sheets