well, that desire,
now seems to have gone away
so it seems, they are still an anarchist
but with a small a

people are easily convinced
it is why,
their intelligence is often skint
and their compassion,
no longer seems mint

i coloured in, up to the edges
of the colouring book i owned
then,
i went outside,
and i caught a dream

my life –
is ona wheel

i felt sad in my old days
painfully aware of social shortcomings
insecurities,
always making successful homecomings

shapes used to fill my bedroom
when i was five or six
here was a space at the end of my bed
where my imagination would perfectly fit