was it always too much
or was there a moment
or an incident where it was too much
was it february 1975
or that long hot summer of 1976
Tag: poetry
(You Know) I Did My Best – Written Saturday 22nd February 2020 (Aged 44)
i did my best
i have always
felt,
humbly underrated
it has,
always painted my portrait
Funeral Closes Another Chapter – Written Saturday 22nd February 2020 (Aged 44)
funeral closes another chapter
and grief finds another stage
another process,
and another place
the exhaustion is not exhausted
It Is Not as Lighthearted as it Used to Be – Written February 2020 (Aged 44)
it is not as lighthearted as it used to be
i agree,
but then i am no longer twenty three
(thankfully)
not that it was all that bad,
Normal Human Response – Written Wednesday 19th February 2020 (Aged 44)
my mental illness and well being
is a response to experience and trauma
and in my teenage years,
through my twenties,
it socially disabled me
In My Dream He is There – Written Wednesday 19th February 2020 (Aged 44)
i will make something,
one last thing
the emotion welled up
but i knew it was a dream
it was like,
you were the practical dad
that never was
Fell Apart – Written Tuesday 18th February 2020 (Aged 44)
perhaps i go back
to days
when i more easily fell apart
days when i was responsible
even though i just had heart
Thirty Something Party (Originally Untitled) – Written October 2010 (Aged 35)
is it just a thirties thing
has the party reached a point
where the alcohol we have desired
and the food we have craved
has all been drunk and eaten
The Settlement – Written Monday 17th February 2020 (Aged 45)
those people will never opt for change
they have their settlement,
and why would they,
opt for revolution
to them is no problem
Showering Praise (Originally Untitled and Unfinished) – Written October 2010 (Aged 35)
you went
from showering praise
to digging the earth
for my grave
