i am sorry,
felt cheap and already paid
i could not score it
beyond something quite low
Tag: creative writing
The Hard Edge of a Shell – Written Thursday 14th September 2017 (Aged 42)
i do not always want to take part
i am not fixer,
or a joiner
or even a hand mixer
When Paper Cups Were Connected by Simple String – Written Thursday 14th September 2020 (Aged 42)
we chew over the fat
and pick over the carcass
feasting on the bones
we pick on the rest and we push
Naked Ambition – Written August 2017 (Aged 42)
when does –
naked ambition
put back on its clothes
when is it comfortable
to pose?
The Garden Has a Tall Tree – Written August 2017 (Aged 42)
i suspect
there is no room in your life
for the likes of me
the bike is in the shed
and the garden has a tall tree
Friendship Fool – Written July 2017 (Aged 42)
now, now you show the world
that you cannot do enough for them
but for me you could do very little
i think you have made up the life you live
A Neutral Colour – Written July 2017 (Aged 42)
make sure you have folded your dreams
and put them back,
in the airing cupboard
So Good, So Far? – Written July 2017 (Aged 42)
i think the realisation
that it is an, ‘unholy mess’,
and that people, like fruit to a tree,
hang onto flaws
When Your Story Has Not Been Told – Written July 2017 (Aged 42)
when your story
has never been truly told
or, told in such a way
that artistic licence
has much more to say
Love Has Not Gone – Written Wednesday 12th December 2012 (Aged 37)
i try to straighten
my metaphorical tie
i try to stop churning up inside
moments,
they arrive and they do not let go
