People Ask – Written Thursday 1st February 2024 (Aged 48)

my failings are plain to see
i put them on show –
in my personal gallery

Carpet of Snow – Written Saturday 20th January 2024 (Aged 48)

i look back,
with glass coloured eyes
and i read,
all of those former versions of me

Curved Claw – Written Wednesday 2nd January 2024 (Aged 48)

the type that lays down on your doorstep
the type,
that scratches at your door
childhood,
responding to the softest paw

People Apply Filters – Written Friday 29th December 2023 (Aged 48)

people apply filters –
to pictures of themselves
don’t like what they see
but who else is there to be?

Wrong With Me – Written Sunday 24th December 2023 (Aged 48)

i spent so long –
looking for regulators
or trying –
to fashion one myself

Does This Fit – Written Sunday 24th December 2023 (Aged 48)

doing well… (whatever that means!)
it feels like new clothes,
the kind where everyone says,
looks good and suits you

Trees That Never Melt – Written Wednesday 20th December 2023 (Aged 48)

not when i consider,
some of my living arrangements
attracted as they are,
to some of the colder seasons

The Tick Box Exercises – Written December 2023 (Aged 48)

in my thirties, it’s true, i did feel content
but fate…
well, that clearly held me in contempt
and from disasters,
i was never exempt

Climbing Up – Written December 2023 (Aged 48)

rough edges –
not smoothed down
laughter lines –
finding a frown

Rushes – Written Thursday 14th December 2023 (Aged 48)

Rushes did they show you the rushes of your lifedid someone see your menu,and then pick a bitedid they build … More