A Different Country

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Annoying Neighbors

By Grahamt on March 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

Why are my neighbors nosey and what can I do but detach completely from them and not offer a good morning or hello when I see them?
Waking Up

By Grahamt on March 11, 2019 • ( 0 )

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 ›
Why the Magic Kingdom isn’t Magic

By Grahamt on February 5, 2019 • ( 0 )

Church attendance drops and with less people saying their prayers on a Sunday but cramming into a theme park for their instant gratification; their phones become their bibles and Instagram, Facebook, Tumblir and multiple other sites make up the books of their virtual bible.
Turning The Page

By Grahamt on January 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

So all he could do to retaliate

Was mock and imitate me in the subtext

Of his pointed posts
An Empty Vessel

By Grahamt on December 25, 2018 • ( 0 )

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

By Grahamt on November 13, 2018 • ( 0 )

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 ›
Holding Tight

By Grahamt on May 28, 2018 • ( 1 )

Having rough wind and rain here in Florida. Heard some desperate croaking and found this little beauty with a baby omits back hanging on for dear life.
I Quit

By Grahamt on May 23, 2018 • ( 1 )

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

By Grahamt on May 22, 2018 • ( 0 )

Not for me,

Conforming

To the norm,

Or meeting other people’s

Expectations,
Florida (After 16 years)

By Grahamt on May 21, 2018 • ( 1 )

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.