articulate,
personable,
aware and clever
despite this,
did not want to employ me
Tag: poetry
Is There Any Colour? – Written Thursday 13th July 2006 (Aged 31)
does the sun ever come up on your world
Child Like Rhyme – Written Thursday 13th July 2006 (Aged 31)
there is a childlike rhyme
dancing on your fingertips
and a knife up your sleeve
we will all be held to ransom
by the madness you believe
Lover – (Originally Untitled) – Written Thursday 13th July 2006 (Aged 31)
how do you treat your lover?
from kitchen tops
to couch and then under the covers
how do you treat your lover?
Trauma and Personality Disorders (Originally Untitled) – Written Thursday 13th July 2006 (Aged 31)
mental illness has –
knocked upon your door
and they have let it in
they play crazy card games
and sip wild pink gin
You Said – Written Wednesday 12th July 2006 (Aged 31)
you said
that i was held back
from what?
i have lived –
a rich and full life
Hand Me Downs – Written Wednesday 12th July 2006 (Aged 31)
it is no wonder –
that she has been labelled –
as not very bright
after all, her hand me downs
have never look right
Gaps – Written August 2004 (Aged 29)
but at the end of the day
we are always ourselves
it’s not that you want me,
to be somebody else that i see
i see myself but i do know
that you would like me,
to be something else
I Trip Every Time – Written Tuesday 17th August 2004 (Aged 29)
you can do no wrong
i trip on your halo every time
and every time i pick myself up
and i pay an emotional fine
European Cow (Originally Untitled) – Written August 2004 (Aged 29)
it is a crazy world
where a european cow
is better off,
than the average african child
