i have lived with trauma now –
for some years
it happened as a child
over the stepdad years
Tag: poems
Sad Situation – Written Wednesday 30th November 2005 (Aged 30)
Sad Situation it is a sad situation but it is hard a surprise i knew that at the start that … More
Bait and Hook – Written September 2022 (Aged 47)
my opinions
do not recline as well or as fast
my railway tracks
lack fresh ballast
Too Many Lies – Written Monday 28th November 2005 (Aged 30)
i have heard so much nonsense in my life
i have seen all the fakers
the givers,
and the takers
Power and Privilege – Written Friday 2nd September 2022 (Aged 47)
they like to talk about, ‘snowflakes’
well, we are only, ‘snowflakes’
because you did not teach us
contentment and how to settle
This Isn’t Love – Written Monday 28th November 2005 (Aged 30)
i want to shake you,
but i feel too much pity –
to really hate you
Shrink Wrapped Self Esteem – Written August 2022 (Aged 47)
the idea, the notion of standing out
petrified you
and when i said it,
i saw you shrink
Sympathy Is a Drug – Written Monday 28th November 2005 (Aged 30)
making up stories,
aching for a touch
not so much starved of oxygen
more like love
The Wrong Name Badge – Written Friday 19th August 2022 (Aged 47)
democracy –
is only about power
you do understand that,
right?
You Never Got to Know Me – Written Monday 28th November 2022 (Aged 47)
you never gave my friends credit
my partner, the time of day
you had to prove an untruth
and now it has all fallen away
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 