My breathing is shallow Curtailed by anxious imaginings. All I can see, From where I sit, Are trees and flowers, And I hear birds chirping, Breaking the silence, But not the angst In my clenched fist. Or the trepidation Of… Read More ›
Poetry
Bread and Circuses
They keep us amused with bread and circuses
Or should I say theme parks and cruises
Month Until Month
The last day of March The fool awaits me, Another fool. Who has squandered so much energy and time Over the last thirty one days Worrying about the future., Well, it’s arrived, And soon it will be The past yet… Read More ›
A Different Country
What I do know Is, We’re changing fast Around the globe, You could stop In any country and say It’s a different country. Not from the one you just came from But the one you’ve been in All your life…. Read More ›
Waking Up
Dreams dissipate , Allowing the sunrise , To linger, On your eyelids, Until you awake, And feel The texture and tenacity Of time , Settling in a vortex of Seconds and minutes, And As I can’t return to my… Read More ›
Turning The Page
So all he could do to retaliate
Was mock and imitate me in the subtext
Of his pointed posts
An Empty Vessel
Why be jealous of what I have And what you think I have? When even I do not know What it is you see. Why shadow me every day And move like me In every way. All done with hate… Read More ›
They Told Me It Was Beautiful
They told me it was beautiful Out today But I wouldn’t have known Sitting curled up in a chair Behind closed curtains. With every problem in the world Prancing like shadows before my eyes. They say it will be beautiful… Read More ›
I Quit
So I disagree with a friend
And It drives me round the bend,
It’s a friendship I can’t mend
So this fight will never end.
What
Not for me,
Conforming
To the norm,
Or meeting other people’s
Expectations,
