i watched the verses –
put on a dazzling linguistic display
each line knew what to say
mine however,
has chosen to pack up its words and run away
Tag: poems
Trying To Think – Written November 1995 (Aged 20)
how i can i think
when can i barely move
within my mind there is only you
Do Not Over Share – Written Monday 2nd December 2019 (Aged 44)
lifelines did not converge
different destinations did not merge
but you look at each other
and wonder if, or the attraction could converge
Step Into My Life – Written November 1995 (Aged 20)
see how we stand
step into my life
i need you here
i have got friends but they are not you
Could I Have Saved the Boy? – Written Monday 2nd December 2019 (Aged 44)
i have a life
i have won a life
i have made a life
but it was not always easy
Gold Dust (Originally untitled and unfinished) – Written 1995 (aged 20)
gold dust is what you are
just to hear you
out of the blue, unexpectedly
St Ann’s Road – Written Sunday 1st December 2019 (Aged 44)
when i thought back
to our time
in st ann’s road
it broke me
and i cried tears
that had been fermenting
for twenty plus years
We Do – Written Wednesday 8th November 1995 (aged 20)
we take a chance
we take a bit of fantasy
we are here
we are near
let us travel up the old roads
we may surprise you, we may go far
Stepping Out of His Shadows – Written Sunday 1st December 2019 (Aged 44)
i am not my father
or my dad
i do not drag around his baggage
or share a cap
We Are the Little Ones – Written Sunday 1st December 2019 (Aged 44)
We Are the Little Ones in short, words cannot romanticise the cruelness of some human beings their lazy words cut … More
