Steam Power – Written June 2025 (Aged 50)

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

Deep Dive – June 2025 (Aged 50)

I am not a clockmaker,
and all my watches keep to a time
that I cannot read.
I watch as decades leave.

Creases and Folds – Written Monday 19th May 2025 (Aged 50)

Everything becomes old.
Time itself
has upon its being
creases and folds.

London and Smitten – Written May 2025 (Aged 50)

Back then, I seemed so far away
from being a child,
but a child I was —
still a fledgling in my thoughts.

The Idea of Being Cursed – Written Tuesday 17th October 2023 (Aged 48)

here i am,
time is fleeting
and every new moment
feels like a hurried greeting

Passing Me By – Written Sunday 7th July 2002 (Aged 27)

i got older
but it did not happen before youthful eyes
it happened gradually
it happened inside

End of Seasons – Written Saturday 17th December 2011 (Aged 36)

like we have never talked before
stumbling through words
and sentences
trying to work out reason

Mother Viper – Written December 2011 (Aged 36)

rudderless scallywags
burnt by the lights –
of a faded amusement park
dirty faces
let down by fathers
drowned in their own inadequacy

Time to Go – Written Sunday 5th March 1995 (Aged 20)

time to say goodbye
the future is here
it is knocking on the door

Where Has the Time Gone?

how did we get here?
nobody
no one said
this is how time goes