i float –
towards later years
the slides
the swings
the youthful eyes
and the things they bring
Tag: creative writing
This is How Others See Me – Written Wednesday 23rd December 2020 (Aged 45)
and,
for a moment
i glimpsed how others saw me
i balanced glibly –
on the mirror –
of polished vanity
Red Left Cap – Written Tuesday 22nd December 2020 (Aged 45)
they have stove pipe values
puffing away like a steam train
yet, in their own church –
they never own the blame
Bread and Butter – Written October 2017 (Aged 42)
people telling me about things –
that professionally that i trained for –
studied for and have done for years
Self Promotion – Written October 2017 (Aged 42)
they are scrabbling around to be the best
to signal their greatness
hoping we will not notice
the heap of their own fake mess
I Will Shut My Mouth – Written October 2017 (Aged 42)
so when did finding s voice –
just become about exerting power
when all this change –
should such division continue to flower?
Tired Eyes Tell Tired Thoughts – Written Wednesday 18th October 2017 (Aged 42)
my fear is,
that this becomes –
a gender debate
but not informed
simply, who do you hate
Time to Retreat – Written Wednesday 18th October 2017 (Aged 42)
i seem to have accumulated labels –
that dictate who i am
i have been everything you have
i have been everything you love
More Diet Drinks – Written Thursday 19th October 2017 (Aged 42)
it is true
on that diet that you chew
self esteem
has fallen through
weight another risk
that cannot be weighed
Ghost Writers – Written Wednesday 18th October 2017 (Aged 42)
it is good to have a voice,
when once it was so repressed
yet now, it is without recourse
and it is good, is it not
to tell your own story