Not for me,
Conforming
To the norm,
Or meeting other people’s
Expectations,
Poem
Florida (After 16 years)
The schools were a sham. I panicked. Looking down at the sidewalk.
Waiting to be bitten by a venomous reptile.
They became my neighbors. They withheld their poison until my back was turned.
Nerves
I get a knot
In the pit of my stomach
When I become afraid
They Say It Is Karma
So I drive along
Whipping myself with this dark
Menacing thought,
Of something I thought I’d forgotten.
I obsess and twist and toss it around
But just cannot let it go.
Light Through Darkness
An attempt at Fibonacci poetry. You May Sadly Say through tears, How you are feeling. But I will pray that the dark days Disappear and your moments are filled with love.
It’s Going To Rain
It’s going to rain, I can tell, By the way I feel, And the spit on my skin. It’s going to rain, I can tell, By the cloud up above And the look in your eyes, It’s about to come… Read More ›
Fearful
It was hard, Watching my Dad Staggering home from the pub, Up the dark Orange lit shadowed Street, From our dusty greased window, Two stories up, Looking down, Knowing, When the key slipped into the lock And he came through… Read More ›
Magical Thoughts
When I experience hurt I indulge In magical thinking. Very annoying For others, Unfamiliar with the technicalities Behind my tricks. He or she May say, That “I” am mistaken in my observations. But with the wave of My… Read More ›
The Dinner
Ode To Social Anxiety Sitting opposite my wife With my napkin On my lap, I gripped my fork and stabbed the duck, Marinated in weird oriental sauces, so I thought, Served with a smashed potato, As I was crushed… Read More ›
Water and Ice
I recall a short story I had written in school back in Scotland looking out of our window at the whirling snowstorm blanketing our streets, roofs and gardens. We were young. My teacher said we could reach for the stars…. Read More ›
