like we have never talked before
stumbling through words
and sentences
trying to work out reason
Tag: loss
Will – Written Saturday 17th December 2011 (Aged 36)
Will mum – talked of her will today of course – it caught me even though i mentioned it yesterday … More
Last Week I Swam With the Heaviest Heart – Written December 2011 (Aged 36)
today i picked up –
the heaviest pen –
that i have ever lifted
peter pan knocked on my door
but i did not feel gifted
People Are Not Here Forever – Written Friday 16th December 2011 (Aged 36)
no more than precious memories
moments that glistened
it is the so called dramas
it is those that shine
and then, one day it is all left behind
I Have Put on My Winter Coat – Written December 2011 (Aged 36)
with a touch of the darkest night
i have counted the conversations
and wondered,
just how many more?
Time is Against Us All – Written December 2011 (Aged 36)
time has arrived
without a chuckle
and without being late
it feels like that they travelled
and unravelled in the arms of fate
Mother Viper – Written December 2011 (Aged 36)
rudderless scallywags
burnt by the lights –
of a faded amusement park
dirty faces
let down by fathers
drowned in their own inadequacy
Family Collective – Written December 2011 (Aged 36)
but neither mystic
or soothsayer
would have had to predict
we have lived a jigsaw existence
where only certain pieces fit
Saying Goodbye – Written Friday 20th August 2021 (Aged 46)
saying goodbye
is it goodbye?
when you are not sure
if you ever said hello
How The Truth Got Here – Written Friday 20th August 2021 (Aged 46)
and no one –
will understand how i feel
the relationships i had
perhaps it was never real
perhaps that is why i never called him dad
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 