1996 was a significant year for me. On 25 February, I turned 21. It feels like an important milestone now, looking back, but at the time I was simply getting on with life, trying to understand myself and the world around me.
Tag: memory
The Swings – Written Wednesday 10th June 2026 (Aged 51)
The Swings Here we go,I am sat on the swings.The other adultshang onto the roundaboutor,more often than not,the slide.But then,they … More
The World Feels Different To Me – Written May 2026 (Aged 51)
The world
feels different to me,
so much different
from when,
as a child,
Grab a Poem – Written Tuesday 23rd December 2025 (Aged 50)
I had a thought
and it ran down a hill,
caught as it was
in a ball.
Feel You Here – Written December 2025 (Aged 50)
I feel you close by
as your memory
opens up traps in my eyes.
Hull – Written Monday 24th November 2025 (Aged 50)
Do not read
your own biography,
for the pages turn,
but the words only ever yearn.
Moments: Written Tuesday 18th November 2025 (Aged 50)
love,
always,
caught in reflections
Ugly Fame – Written Thursday 22nd January 2026 (Aged 50)
but death
is a violent nudge,
a reminder
that something remains.
All Those Years Ago – Written Monday 17th November 2025 (Aged 50)
I hear it,
turning over and over in my mind,
and we are there,
together,
all those years ago.
Psychiatric Hospital – Written Tuesday 26th August 2025 (Aged 50)
I look around at all these other people,
and they are in similar boats,
but I notice their smile
and how they create an aura of plain sailing