it is fashioned
like something so dogmatic
and over time,
i have lived to the idea of being pragmatic
Tag: poems
Cast Adrift On An Open Sea – Written Monday 3rd May 2021 (Aged 46)
in different ways
now they have both vacated
my future days
Maybe – Written Monday 3rd May 2021 (aged 46)
I could have stuck by
one, ‘girl’
and here we would be many years later
maybe… maybe not…
Ignorance Examination – Written Monday 3rd May 2021 (Aged 46)
pronouns, nouns and verbs
as if the world has stood still
and this, ‘modernity’, is absurd
The Code for the Alarm – Written Sunday May 2021 (Aged 46)
it felt cool and calm today
relaxed
like the code for the alarm
was known and understood
What Happened to Your Softness? – Written Tuesday 29th August 2000 (aged 25)
what happened to your softness
to your footprints in the snow
how quickly affections thaw
and how quickly people go
You Are a Strange One – Written July 2000 (Aged 25)
and i will wilt
before i work you out
and they will bury me up to my neck
in my own guilt
They Open Me Like a Box – Written July 2000 (Aged 25)
the strangers follow me
and wait for me, there in the dark
they are ready to pounce
when i fall apart
Remember – Written Tuesday 4th July 2000 (Aged 25)
i remember writing letters
to those i was with
to those i really liked
those eager to give me their gift
Buried Ghosts – Written Tuesday 4th July 2000 (Aged 25)
buried deep,
past the barriers of my sleep
no more walking tall
the axe has to fall
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