Speciality Coffee – Written June 2025 (Aged 50)

I am seasonal offers,
something for the moment,
something to try.
An exotic flavour which burns inside.

Inward Gaze – Written Friday 27th June 2025 (Aged 50)

It has a theatre,
but a one-person show.
It tracks identity
with the passion others take home.

The Boy Was Not As Mad As They Made Out – Written Monday 23rd June 2025 (Aged 50)

In the end,
the boy was not as mad
or as senseless
as everyone else.

The Gown – Written June 2025 (Aged 50)

Either way, to me,
they’d always had sadness in their face.
But they are now proud.
Still, I see them in their gown.

Bumper Cars – Written May 2025 (Aged 50)

I start again.
But there is a pattern in our lives —
when the hopscotch is high
and the skipping has only just begun.

Relatable Sin – Written Tuesday 20th May 2025 (aged 50)

We have been broken
by not early on
finding a wife,
one that was a trick or two.

Sun Shines Down – Written May 2025 (Aged 50)

Woke up early,
out on the road,
sun shines
as I snake my way up the hills.

I Would Like To Belong – Written May 2025 (Aged 50)

I would like to belong.
I did not stay that long,
and now I feel like a journeyman
just going from place to place.

Outsiders – Written Thursday 24th May 2025 (Aged 50)

Outsiders on the surface
of something else,
that point of no return —
it is there within myself.

Sunflower – Written Monday 31st March 2025 (Aged 50)

I assume it was planted with the sunflowers when I was very small