deploy a bulldog defence
judging others
sitting on fences

it is the kind of thing you say –
when the extent –
and the impact of something –
leaves you speechless

Stocktake someone said to me – find someone new but i will elect to stay indoors and put on a … More

i go to sleep thinking of you
and i wake up… just the same

i do not need to forgive
just learn to turn off these feelings
try to discount,
their obvious meaning

i have not slept all weekend
occasionally i close my eyes
and i think of you

my love for you never dies
no matter,
what blows it takes

i step out of your life
my grip lessens
there is a darker place
and it starts to beckon

i thank you for your words
but like a pack of wolves,
they’ve just torn me apart