A Reflective Piece on the Nature of Feelings – Written Tuesday 31st August 2021 (Aged 46)

when you are young
you can drown in your feelings
you reach for the sky
yet remain, somehow always kneeling

The Madness Line – Written Monday 23rd August 2021 (Aged 46)

if you wish to use that term
it is fine
if you can live
and if you can remain creative

All Change – Written Friday 29th May 2009 (Aged 34)

cannot live on,
‘if only’…
too much pain
and it leaves you lonely m

A Sick Kind of Pleasure – Written May 2009 (Aged 34)

but i knew inside –
that they,
in their marriage –
had reached the point
we were trying to avoid

Up To My Ankles in Mud – Written Thursday 21st May 2009 (Aged 34)

where it is not so funny
and the joke falls flat
up to my ankles in mud
and there is no going back

Looked After – Written Monday 11th July 2011 (Aged 36)

why do i feel so vulnerable?
never before –
have i felt –
so in need –
of being looked after

Falling in Love With You – Written Friday 1st July 2011 (Aged 36)

the world may be mad
and leave me screaming
but with you there is a bond
and abstract dreaming

You Help Me See Things – Written June 2011 (Aged 36)

you help me see things
things i thought i were lost
or perhaps forgot
or put away in life’s great loft

You Know I Drown in a Drop of Affection – Written Tuesday 31st May 2011 (Aged 36)

of course –
you know a drop of affection drowns me
a snippet of praise
burns me as if it was acid

This is Encouraging – Written Tuesday May 30th 2011 (Aged 36)

have waited –
for someone to find me
to encourage me
to illustrate belief
find me a blanket
when i have chattering teeth