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he doesn't text me anymore
i think to be unloved is to be damned.
for a while i thought myself damned.
can you really be damned at 16?
i gave him two cigarettes this time,
and offered another two.
he smoked them till the tips of his fingers burned,
i wanted to place them on my lips.
suck them, kiss them, cool them.
i sat across from him, nursing one drink, careful with my teeth and my brow.
he...
Thursday 22nd December 2022 11:37 pm
The moment it all changed
Without a chance, at that first glance,
A heart stopping moment frozen in time.
Nothing made sense, except, with electrifying suspense,
That the universe had spoken as your eyes met mine.
Saturday 15th January 2022 8:34 pm
Desperate Times Two
We met through a personal ad
Two desperadoes with sad eyes
Putting our pride in our pockets
Pained from others goodbyes
Desperation is a cruel master
Standards plummet to the floor
You tolerate the unacceptable
What you wanted is no more
Half-hearted, we fixed a date
Half a loaf is better than none
I wasn't keen on her manners
Normally she'd want me gone
...Monday 9th November 2020 11:03 am
Chess
Worry to the unknown
Kindness kills
Silence is murderous
Wonder what we are
Scared to make a move
Chess
Can’t move back
Only forward
He is king moving all over the board
I’m looking back
Asking why and what
Thought he was the one
He pulled a move on me
Chess master
I didn’t see that move coming
Sunday 18th February 2018 3:53 pm
First Date
She
paints her lips with a false confidence,
smacks them together
and sits
and waits.
Her apprehension perches beside her
on the lonely park bench.
She pushes it away,
an embarrassing parent
hugging her outside the school gates.
She stitches her words together
to avoid the inevitable stumble
over ragged letters
and shards of silence
and talk so small it could be shattered underfoot
...
Wednesday 22nd June 2016 7:41 pm
Shook Up
Shook Up
Yesterday. Tracy told me about her birthday, of how she went on a date to a nice city pub with a cool guy. He was tattooed and wore a stylish baseball top. They got on, made small talk about their lives, ambitions and dreams. They planned to meet again next week.
Today. The guy who took Tracy out on her 31st birthday texted her and said he doesn’t want to see her again. H...
Friday 27th July 2012 6:48 pm
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