that skin colour –
passes the tests –
before they are taken
and answers the interview questions
before they are spoken
Tag: poems
When Did You Start Drinking? – Written June 2017 (Aged 42)
when they started to lose their appeal
was there –
a constant echo
and did the life fizz just die out
only to be replaced by the fizz of prosecco
Is This What You Want? – Written June 2017 (Aged 42)
a government –
invested only in its own interests
and those institutions
are the ones of power and wealth
they privatise our vital services
almost by stealth
Politics on the Left – Written June 2017 (Aged 42)
do you see the hope
why people want a change
you are a loony on the left
yet on the right you have free reign
Was the World Ever Ours? – Written June 2017 (Aged 42)
did i think i was the future
or just part of the past
how did i know,
when i was clinging to the present
and hoping it would last
Days of Acid Rain – Written Friday 23rd June 2017 (Aged 42)
i wonder what will happen –
when true stories become exposed
when people wake up –
and see beyond the end of their nose
or maybe, feel movement in their toes
Bombs, Explosions and Smoke – Written Friday 23rd June 2017 (Aged 42)
do not let the horror
horrify you into hate
do not grab hold of cynicism
tell it that it must wait
The Front Door – Written December 2014 (Aged 39)
i dream of people
that never
saw that house
and it is twenty two years
since,
i last closed the front door
We Learn to Externalise Blame – Written December 2014 (Aged 39)
it is a mantra,
chanted with absolute belief
religion,
teaches us to externalise blame
political parties,
well, it’s just the same
Nearly Three Years – Written December 2014 (Aged 39)
but i am held up –
by the strength of your arms
which are scaffold
to accompany your charms
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 