I Need to Be There I have to be nearnot here, but therenear youto show I careI have to be … More
Tag: poetry
Needing to Be There – Written Approx. Late 1993 or January 1994 (Aged 18)
Needing to Be There Needing to be there,needing everything,everything,even if it means nothing.Got to have it,got to have something.I will … More
Years – Written Approx. Late 1993 or January 1994 (Aged 18)
and i am getting out alive
rather than dead
it is hard to find the time to survive
when you have got strange things in your head
Weld My Thoughts – Written Approx. Late 1993 or January 1994 (Aged 18)
Weld My Thoughts Take it awayweld my thoughts togethersteal my daynaughty thiefstealing in the daytime heatholding up the worldwhat does … More
Unpinned – Written by Katherine Garratt – August 2021
And very earnestly, small hands would spell out
I
Love
You
Mummy
With x x x crosses x x x for kisses until the flame sputtered out
Saving Myself – Written Approx. Late 1993 or January 1994 (Aged 18)
as i watched them drip
and slowly weep
i turned away
and slowly went to sleep
Believing in You – Written, Approx. Late 1993 or January 1994 (Aged 18)
Believing in You I am so alone with my love isn’t anyone out there? I have looked, just about everywhere … More
Men Are the Beasts – Written Monday 28th June 2021 (Aged 46)
men have too much confidence
women look down
and avert their eyes
men remove their tops, thump their chest
Going Spare – Written Monday 28th June 2021 (Aged 46)
it is not like –
any of is have pieces of us
just lying around,
or going spare
A Lack of Male Role Models – Written Monday 28th June 2021 (Aged 46)
and i thought to myself
perhaps it because –
mum raised me
more than my dad
