Looking forward A fog sets in The week ahead Even tomorrow Each hour brings fresh news Swinging change Time comes trammelling We are not ready It catches us With mouths agape And hands tied in knots The uncertainty funnily enough The only certain thing And still we keep shifting pins on the board Ink on […]
Some days I cannot hold happiness It doesn’t visit In the yellow dress Rather it drifts past the peripheral A ghost of someone I once knew Some days I’m not sure what I am doing Or whether it matters anymore And as I cobble together positive thoughts They keep dropping Slipping Through finger tips that […]
I thought it would come with a gigantic bang Or a flood Or a fire Or a catastrophe Instead it tip toes quietly Through we humans Tapping on shoulders Come with me And they follow. The old ones first They know what is required Whilst loved ones are humbled Barely having time to say good […]
The jar shakes Things rattle Tip them in the bin No need for broken things If only it was so easy for human beings Toss the sour edges The misery flecked moody mouldy crumbs And the sadness that affects everyone around them Wipe them clean with a cloth There – all shiny again! Ready to […]
Last week, my head was different Last week, some things mattered more than others And the things that mattered then Have been reduced to nothing this week I see now This week, the things that matter Will not be the same as the next Nor the one after Or the one after that And whilst […]
It felt stilted Like a bend in a hinge That was rusted It felt like a wrong turn Yet I turned it anyway Walking hand in hand With the wrong thing Clasping a bucket Already leaking And trying to make it there Before the water All Drains Out I can convince myself of anything Except […]
Is it you? Is it me? As I watch your back Disappearing around a rack of clothes In bemusement I wonder Is it you? Is it me? What does it take to make someone duck and dive Avoidance? Clearly. Paranoia Used to grip me “Oh God what have I done?” But the answer became the […]
There is a whisper It says You should be doing Something else If I am writing, I should be doing the accounts If I’m cooking, I should be working out If I’m gardening, I should be cleaning the house And on and on it goes If I’m reading, I should be ironing If I’m ironing […]
How do you write so much? How do you write so little? There are a billion ways to string a sentence together To approach a word And ask for it’s hand In yours As you dance With a pen So when you worry If I write too much Won’t I run out? I have to […]
I’m sitting on a plane One row forward and to my right A little girl hurts herself Parental panic! Here have your dolly Crying continues A lolly My phone Here look at this book The crying grows louder Dad hugs And pats Continues to offer distractions Distract Distract She cries louder Finally softening into sobs […]
