Out On The Plane – Written Monday 6th May 2002 (Aged 27)

i paid for the pleasure
but i went for the pain
a plateau of sleep
leaves me down again

How Was It? – Written Monday 6th May 2002 (Aged 27)

a father’s long lost letter
peppers a giants causeway
apologies are left by a woman in a jar
and oh so slowly fade away

The Microscope View – Written Monday 6th May 2002 (Aged 27)

because in the sweetness
of a microscopic glare
of my faults,
you will become bitterly aware

A Reflective Piece on the Nature of Feelings – Written Tuesday 31st August 2021 (Aged 46)

when you are young
you can drown in your feelings
you reach for the sky
yet remain, somehow always kneeling

The Madness Line – Written Monday 23rd August 2021 (Aged 46)

if you wish to use that term
it is fine
if you can live
and if you can remain creative

All Change – Written Friday 29th May 2009 (Aged 34)

cannot live on,
‘if only’…
too much pain
and it leaves you lonely m

A Sick Kind of Pleasure – Written May 2009 (Aged 34)

but i knew inside –
that they,
in their marriage –
had reached the point
we were trying to avoid

Up To My Ankles in Mud – Written Thursday 21st May 2009 (Aged 34)

where it is not so funny
and the joke falls flat
up to my ankles in mud
and there is no going back

Looked After – Written Monday 11th July 2011 (Aged 36)

why do i feel so vulnerable?
never before –
have i felt –
so in need –
of being looked after

You Help Me See Things – Written June 2011 (Aged 36)

you help me see things
things i thought i were lost
or perhaps forgot
or put away in life’s great loft