i knew this would mess me up
but you are like a drug
i need to be out of my cage
i just need to be free
Tag: youth
Paradox Feelings – Written Wednesday 24th January 1996 (Aged 20)
i do not need you…
but i do…
i lost my fantasy in a street fight
it was never ending
i need you…
Cannot Explain – Written Wednesday 24th January 1996 (Aged 20)
i cannot do it any justice
the way you are holed up in my roof
i travel far to catch the truth
but the ends of the world and the universe
Sometimes in the Light – Written February 1996 (Aged 20)
sometimes, i need to steady myself
and ask myself,
where am i going
and wonder, is it alright
Rapscallion – Written Friday 2nd February 1996 (Aged 21)
a melding of two minds
invaded by a mischievous rapscallion
one who would only bathe in their jealously
We Played Our Own Instruments – Tuesday 3rd September 2019
we were on trend,
and the maze was such a craze
and we loved as friends
but it all came to an end
we took out our loans and mortgages
on adulthood
The Sun Shines Briefly on your Youth – Tuesday 6th August 2019
innocence has a brief moment
in the raging spotlight
before encounters
make it take flight
and although we never know everything
you never have such wide eyed sight
Jump a River – Tuesday 30th July 2019
younger me seems immature
and with a little spite
no dental appointments noted
to rectify that bite
Are They Wearing a Wedding Ring? – Saturday 2nd October 2010
these days i look
at a person’s face
then i check her finger
no wedding ring?
perhaps i should linger?
Young Persons Stumble – Monday 11th June 2012
but those days
are long in the past
shadows are now cast
and my shadow has leaked,
seeped
and remains demented
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 