The Hard Part – Monday 25th August 2025 (Aged 50)

The hard part is,
I don’t remember.

Stretch – Written Wednesday 6th August 2025 (Aged 50)

“The days stretch out before me,
so I put on my face
and rifle through my book.”

Swallow The Days – Written Thursday 31st July 2025 (Aged 50)

Maybe I am just
not built in such a way
that I can so easily
swallow the days.

Close Eyes – Written July 2025 (aged 50)

shut down gates,
open,
find pasture.

Chorus – Written Monday 28th July 2025 (Aged 50)

Where do I belong?
It’s a complicated song,
although it has
verse and chorus.

The Actual Question – Written Thursday 31st July 2025 (Aged 50)

And it is that,
the question,
the actual question,
the lifelong task.

Speciality Coffee – Written June 2025 (Aged 50)

I am seasonal offers,
something for the moment,
something to try.
An exotic flavour which burns inside.

Steam Power – Written June 2025 (Aged 50)

Memories frayed
around their edges.
Experiences, intangible,
like melted snow.

The Boy Was Not As Mad As They Made Out – Written Monday 23rd June 2025 (Aged 50)

In the end,
the boy was not as mad
or as senseless
as everyone else.

Belt – Written June 2025 (Aged 50)

There I am,
wrestling with the self,
watching memories
slide along the belt.