you looked less amused
and more confused
with resentment,
tying up your laces
Tag: poetry
Collapse – Written November 2006 (Aged 31)
i am watching my life collapse around me
each brick, each stone,
each one falling
on me as i sit all alone
Two Sides of a Story – Written November 2006 (Aged 31)
two sides of a story
you are right
but have you heard mine
Space At The End of My Bed – Written Monday 6th July 2020 (Aged 45)
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
One Another – Written November 2006 (Aged 31)
how we behave with one another
is not always –
how we behave with another or even each other
As You Lie in Bed – Written November 2006 (Aged 31)
and such love,
always seemed unsaid
sometimes –
i just watch and stare
There is a Lease on Your Heart – Written Monday 6th July 2020 (Aged 45)
there is a lease on your heart
and it is tied –
to someone who is no longer there
Judgement Days – Written November 2006 (Aged 31)
teenage women,
judged for being pregnant
by the haughty taughty people
who shiver behind their closed mind values
Starting Out – Written November 2006 (Aged 31)
when people are young
when people are starting out
what they need least of all
is people judging them
people make mistakes
especially when you are young
How? – Written November 2006 (Aged 31)
your people skills are out to sea
you are at the quayside
without a tugboat of honesty
you constantly fall over
the ridgeways of your own fragility
