i open up the shop
but i feel like i am faking
love has not stopped
but it is struggling for a display

and my thoughts
have melted,
for those,
whose self honesty
is beyond their grasp

we all like –
to recognise and problem and answers
an answer that stands out
with a simple shout
truth and its ‘isms’ are complicated

is that,
what this is about
knowing your place
i never really connected
with the role models

when you up –
to your waist in smoke
when you are knee deep
in your own lost hope

i remember the boy
who choked on growing up
and lost their toys
the awkward boy
battered by ill meant winds