Speciality Coffee – Written June 2025 (Aged 50)

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

Steam Power – Written June 2025 (Aged 50)

Memories frayed
around their edges.
Experiences, intangible,
like melted snow.

People Can Easily See In – Written Thursday 19th June 2025 (Aged 50)

The shyness is never far,
but really it’s not shyness —
it’s actually a desire for privacy.
And those two are very, very different.

Belt – Written June 2025 (Aged 50)

There I am,
wrestling with the self,
watching memories
slide along the belt.

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.

Deep Dive – June 2025 (Aged 50)

I am not a clockmaker,
and all my watches keep to a time
that I cannot read.
I watch as decades leave.

Mantra – Written Tuesday 10th June 2025 (Aged 50)

That was a phrase that we used when we were young.
But does getting better remain a mantra?
Because, after all, the days are not so young.

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.

Narcissism Stares Into a Screen – Written Thursday 18th May 2023 (Aged 48)

do we live in a world –
where –
narcissism stares into a screen