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cold, not calm
i want to work on myself
what kind of work do i need?
am i a car stranded in the middle of nowhere,
waiting until the mechanic comes, only to pass me by
am i an equation, frows burrowed in deep thought
an excuse for the mathematician to silently slip away
am i a philosophical question, everyone has a different opinion
that they will rarely ever voice, for when they do it echoe...
Sunday 6th April 2025 4:36 pm
Golden Frame
do you see your reflection in a golden frame
untouched by the rust of the storm you created?
can you see it gathering dust as you avoid blame?
too scared to get your fingers dirty, you let your outline fade
unknown where the background ends and humanity enters
i can no longer recognize your face and its features
am i squinting hard enough for you?
do i need a microscope to not...
Friday 4th April 2025 1:51 pm
dream of fire
memories light my heart to start again
warmth in my veins like medicine
i open the door, gaze at my collection
candles in every crevice and corner
my house is overrun with light
but i am warm
so i let it burn
candles on my nightstand flicker
as i dream of fire consuming me
and awake to see the light i kept too close
fell during slumber, catching every other glow
i...
Wednesday 2nd April 2025 2:13 pm
you are golden
roses are red, like a kiss, a stamp, a heart that has bled
or white, like doves, a dress, a jewel shining in the light
you, my friends, are yellow
not like dirty snow or old stains in carpet;
yellow like the sun that blinds us on our walk,
stars we gaze at from different windows until we look away,
keys that unlock us with every little talk
i picked the freshest flowers for my...
Thursday 27th March 2025 6:25 pm
The World Is A Fickle Friend
The world is a fickle friend.
Turning which ever way it will.
I call out to it... I shriek back...
When it disapproves.
But its disapproval...
Is its only attribute
On which I can depend.
written 2012
Friday 31st January 2025 7:03 pm
The Breaking Point: The Silent Decent
This poem tries to capture the pain of watching a friend succumb to addiction, bound to a destructive habit that erodes both health and hope. As one friend struggles with the limits of friendship and "agape", the other slips further and further away, lost in a cycle that breaks promises and bodies alike. This poem hopefully serves as both plea and ultimatum—a haunting look at the cost of holding o...
Wednesday 13th November 2024 4:47 pm
Joy
I can’t give up my joy
The people who surrounded me
With bad intentions
Couldn’t hold up the charade that they felt joy when I succeeded
Are deleted, blocked , ignored
I’ll never see them across my screen , my mind, in my sight
Because once I know we’re not aligned
What’s the purpose of having you near?
So you can rejoice?
About me stubbing my toe
About me getti...
Monday 21st October 2024 2:02 pm
Unexpected Feelings
Your feelings for me were beyond what you lead on
Did us talking regularly
Soften your heart unexpectedly?
Unknown to me but very known to you
It came to the point where “love you” became “I love you”
Slight change to our goodnights
Nothing to overthink
We’re friends right?
You got “busier”
Our talks lessened
I still see you partying though
I’m confused
...Friday 27th September 2024 5:05 pm
Dear Absent Friend
Dear absent friend
Are you still there?
Do you still lurk in the places we used to?
Or have you moved on to pastures new?
Dear absent friend
Do I ever cross your mind?
Even on days with no rain from the skies
It rains from my eyes
Dear absent friend
I long to hear your voice
For your asks I could not fulfill
But I miss you still
Dear absent friend
I hope that you are happy
H...
Monday 16th September 2024 9:24 am
Trust
Long slevees
Cut my hair
Hell yeah
I trust her
With my soul
She says I shouldn't though
Buts she shouldn't
trust me either
We watch the world burn
We laugh about it
She could kill me
No dought about it
I don't think she would
So let's just hope
In the good of humanity
Let's listen to shitty music
Crush on gay guys from tv
Let's sit on ...
Sunday 8th September 2024 7:30 am
Uniform
Fixed my binder
Ripped my tights
Gave bad dating advice
In a uniform
that doesn't fit me right
I walked the walk
I fought the fight
I danced to Chappel Roan
With all my might
Cause I love the dance
And I love my friends
So I'll stay in a skirt
Until the end
If it means that I can
Spend more time with them
Wednesday 28th August 2024 6:27 am
Pain Relief
When will it go away?
The pain in my chest
Pain in my stomach
Pain.
It’s repetitive and never stops
It creeps up on me like bugs
Stings like a wasp
Bites like a mosquito
And leaves, taking a small part of me
Some say it’s a part of life
Maybe I don’t want that
If this is life
Maybe I don’t want any p...
Saturday 24th August 2024 7:00 pm
On Water
I’ve never forgotten the Glen river’s
smell on those wet Donegal days.
Its convoluted arteries drained
through bogs of purple heather,
to emerge in petrichor and painterly swirls.
Just boys, we traipsed its fern banks
on mizzled days with wet feet
squelching. Off balance, our eyelines
like gunsight, skimming black stones
in flat counts to the far bank.
Our...
Monday 20th May 2024 9:42 pm
Lifelong Friend
When all the leaves fall from the trees,
what does it mean to you and me?
Perhaps it wasn't meant to be
as now we reach the end.
Is there some place we didn't go?
We tried every fork in the road,
and never seemed to find a home.
My dear, what's at the end?
But we're ok. Yeah, certainly
we could have done things differently.
But side by side we took this ride
and so what is to ga...
Saturday 9th March 2024 3:24 pm
Strange Friends
I was a stranger, you took me in
but I found you were stranger still.
I guess we’re two peas in a pod
cuz neither of us fits the bill
of all the many ways the world expects
two blokes like us to be.
You took me in, now we’ve become...
the strangest friends you’ll ever see.
Thursday 29th February 2024 7:14 pm
I’m that friend
Yes, I’m that friend that’s mean but true.
Forever trying to look out for you.
I’m that friend that’s firm but fair,
But at the end of each heartbreak, I’m always there.
I’m that friend that will constantly scold you to see,
That you’re not being the best you that you can be.
I’m that friend that calls you a fool;
When you let everyone else use you like a broken...
Friday 9th February 2024 11:06 am
Left behind
Gone but never forgotten, is what they love to say,
but those waves will still hit, like nuclear shit,
Since the day we parted ways.
Just like that radioactive breath, that rots us to the core,
And eats us away, day by day, until once was becomes no more.
See the peace for you becomes my pain, your dreams became my twisted reality,
For the agony that you leave behind, w...
Friday 9th February 2024 10:07 am
Forever...
They say that change is a part of life,
Alright,
If everything were to stay the same,
Forever,
I will be bored out of life,
But there are always some things,
That I want,
For eternity,
Like my love for chocolates, maybe,
Or my stupid childish desires and wishes,
Gazing at stars all night,
Or feeling the warmth of sun,
On me, as I let my imaginations run wild,
...Thursday 14th December 2023 9:20 am
Post Diary Blues
This melancholy fug
burrows into my bones
After delving back again
into those memories recounted
with such forensic clarity
Comes a cold blue atmosphere
a fragrant longing
and precision-tooled regret
Those searingly stark lines
old faces, wild flames
lost friendships resurrected
I’m dropped back into the thick of things
Drifting through teenage streets
old freedoms, vintage fantasi...
Monday 4th December 2023 1:26 pm
Spirit of Friendship
We were together back in the day
Bumping along so ready to play
You called me up, thought me up, as things got tough
But I’ve always been here to walk your paths
To see you shine, to laugh your laughs
You saw me smiling and did believe
I needed to show you it’s not make believe
This man now with you, can see who’s you
He loves and cares and will always be true
He’ll be ...
Wednesday 15th November 2023 7:13 pm
Asking For A Friend
Going out to meet a friend
to be the ear to their unspooling
coughing up confusions
unpacking problems
unhappy hour
at some pub table
I’m the calm eyes
the easy conversation
pliers to cut the wire
defuse that complicated
emotional bomb
over a couple of drinks
There’ll be no judgement
only sympathy
a gentle steer
of thoughts towards solutions
or mostly
I’ll just listen
That...
Wednesday 8th November 2023 1:18 pm
There Was Talk
There was talk of train trips
and long-distance walks.
There was talk of mountains
and open water sports.
There was talk of eating wild
with and without forks.
There was talk of the pub
and stopping for shorts.
There was talk of diary strain
and see after vacations.
There was talk of cash constrain
and deferred decisions.
...Friday 1st September 2023 10:24 am
The Boot
Walking past The Boot tonight
a warm but sunless dusk
The door was open wide
drinkers shuffling and spilling out
I think of that favourite friend
who brought me here five years ago
We played some pool, supped our beer
as he talked of his dilemma
His partner wanted children
but regrettably, he did not
she gave him ultimatums
and he wasn’t sure what to do
When the world stopped for...
Thursday 10th August 2023 5:08 pm
FRIENDS.....
All this world,
Is one big stage,
And we star as mere actors,
In its brilliant plays.
Every face, a pretty smile,
But Is it truly what meets the eye?
"We my dear, are best of friends,
Joy, or despair,
I'll be near.
Cotton clouds,
Or coarse sand,
Side by side,
Hand in hand.
One day, at last,
Harsh winds?
They'll have to pass."
The...
Wednesday 28th June 2023 10:37 am
wisdom teeth//on purpose
The nurse in green hands me a syringe.
It’s in one of those small plastic bags, you know the ones. They held goldfish crackers when
you were eight years old.
She hands me this syringe and says to rinse after eating
that then I should be good and food won’t get lodged in my holes and I won’t get infections or dry socket.
Watch out with certain foods, she says,
you know, things ...
Monday 26th June 2023 6:08 am
STRUGGLING THESPIAN
When Faith is bestowed upon one's soul
Life shall never be the same
With a name meaning Gift of God
Then one must live up to his name
We walked through holy grounds
We had a chat a healing chat
Young spiritual Brother
Troubled oh brother of mine
Gentle natured of course knowledge ahead of his time
Archangel first name and middle beloved
Longing to pro...
Monday 13th March 2023 12:22 am
That
I almost regret to write this poem
for fear it may vanish
flicker away like Evan's flame
scared of the voices
that murmurs that carry its name
across the wind
whispers of That
but it only lives for a little
hiding in plain sight
waiting to be noticed
so it may slip away
one more time
only to be invited back
by the warm, orange glow
of the everlas...
Friday 3rd March 2023 6:44 am
Friendship
A friend of mine once said these words to me:
‘All friends are just a waste of space.’
(I wondered why he was my friend!)
‘They’re unreliable, you see.
They let you down and disappoint
And put your nose right out of joint.
They claim to love, but in the end,
You can’t believe what’s etched upon their face.’
‘Their comradeship is no more than a front.
They all end up...
Thursday 19th January 2023 5:05 pm
This One Is For Every Friendship Lost
It’s hard to look at pictures of me from high school
You’re in all of the stories
The prom after-party, beside me in chorus
And now we don’t speak.
But if you called
I wouldn’t hesitate to pick up the phone
Drive anywhere you needed me
But we don’t need each other anymore, do we?
You could say that I missed too much
You and he are no longer together
You were so many ...
Tuesday 29th November 2022 11:26 pm
Cause I remember
Do you remember when we were kids
and time was just a staircase we couldn’t wait to get to the top of
A bunch of spoiled kids with lives of pure bliss
impatient, immature, imperfect moments of the past in place
Pictures of a camera, all frozen in such haste
Do you remember when we would play hide and seek
I would hide all of me and you would come and find
see me and stil...
Thursday 17th November 2022 8:34 pm
Onyx Eyes
She smiled from the window sill,
A heart so weighed by sorrow.
She admired the night with onyx eyes,
Ever waiting for tomorrow.
She sung upon the sill so still,
Gazing from star to star.
And wasted wishes every night,
For those who lived so far.
Ever selfless yet wanting more,
She’d wish upon their health and love.
She’d live for hope like never before,
For the voices up above.
A...
Tuesday 8th November 2022 8:15 pm
For ASCGDF:K
after For M by Mikko Harvey
I didn't expect you to leave
red paint on my heart.
Have you ever spoken
without the timbre of your gaze
turning words into molasses?
Well, if not, I think you should try.
Follow my lead:
Emotion tied to twisted words and Pokemon is an odd combination.
I hope you know the melody of my laughter will be found in those words.
Sometimes,...
Sunday 12th June 2022 7:44 pm
You Are Everything
You are the one bright star in a cloudy night sky,
You are the distant beacon on a stormy dark sea,
You are the twinkle that flickers in my eye,
You are everything to me.
You are the single flower that grows through the weeds,
You are the last autumn leaf that clings to the tree,
You are the one strong shoot amid barren seeds,
You are everything to me.
You are the...
Tuesday 24th May 2022 12:10 pm
Pieris
Pieris
The color yellow looks different when I look through your eyes,
As if the fields are made of emeralds decorated in butterflies,
And then I see pollen fly and descend to the wind’s singing
And embed themselves into beds’ sheets’ linen.
The coursing of dance mimics a river current
And I involuntarily admire your freckles and the rose of your cheeks like they’re sunbu...
Monday 16th May 2022 3:21 am
Completely New
It’s usually said
sometime with dread
when excited there’s no head
and that’s very true
the brain often flew
wanting something new
can’t stay still very long
I’m up and quickly gone
feeling wonderfully strong
I’m a child of eight
who wont stop even at a gate
for this is going to be GREAT!!
and should you be able to stay
lots of fun co...
Tuesday 14th December 2021 3:42 pm
Best Friends
A best friend is always there
one who truly cares
help you when you’re feeling down
make you laugh remove that frown
give support cus you can’t play sports
show the way from a tiring day
a best friend is ready helping steady
to that very end
on to the next they will surely send me
even if it offends me
looking out when I can’t decide
whether to stand or to hide
...
Friday 10th December 2021 9:50 am
My Best Friend
She was my best friend.
I loved her unconditionally.
I loved the way she spoke her mind,
The way she worded things.
The way she lied.
Oh how she loved to lie,
Twisting stories to keep me hooked.
She doesn’t know that I know about her lies.
She doesn’t need to.
As much as she’s hurt me,
I could never hurt her back.
I mean, I wouldn’t dare to.
She’s my best friend...
Friday 17th September 2021 10:04 pm
Helping
05.05.2020
I can feel you're scared.
Anxiety a rubber band wound tightly around your heart
Dread like nails pinning down your feet where you stand
Despair, sitting in your stomach, churning evermore
You carry sadness around on you
It poisens your words
Flattens your hair
Wrinkles your clothes
The sad stench of it radiates through your pores
And if I can take it away,
If I...
Friday 14th May 2021 11:18 am
Friends
People need people,
Compassion brings change
Ideas fly
Magic happens
Energy is never created or destroyed
It is passed between people
Shared between friends
Rubbed together and transferred
Like hair to a balloon
I'll take some of your sadness
You share some of my joy
And together we might just float
We'll balance each other out and cruise down the river
Two bottles bob...
Friday 14th May 2021 11:13 am
Old Friends
25.03.2020
The revolving door of frienships hurts
When it clips you on the way out
Empty words fall on dead ears
And two people are left broken
Where did it all go wrong?
Both too afraid to ask
Both too kind to tell the truth
How do you tell someone who was once your dearest confidant
That their cals now fill you with loss
Phone rings and you see their name and panic
Unret...
Thursday 13th May 2021 9:28 am
The Wonder Tree
Maybe, the tallest tree holds the sky up
Like a tent above our heads.
Maybe the wide branches shelter us,
As we hide against its sides.
Maybe, the near eternal trunk supports us
As we innocents rest.
And the sunlight is more beautiful,
Streaming through its leafy hair.
I could be lifted high, and safely in its arms,
And wonder at the beauty of the world
As it swayed.
There, would be p...
Wednesday 12th May 2021 10:14 am
Up A Tree
I've sat up a tree for days and no-one noticed.
Neither the few who wandered underneath,
Nor the even fewer who should have cared.
Enough to realise I was missing!
And no-one came searching.
Time has no meaning, when the bark is pressing
Into the base of your spine.
And trees don't have cushions!
After the first hours, you only know you are there
Because you can't feel your feet.
Only fo...
Friday 23rd April 2021 8:34 am
A Spark Of Words
Although there are still two more poems to be met in the unrequited love sub-theme of love's tempest it is chronologically correct to open up new sub-themes of 'friendship' or 'platonic love', and 'self-love' or 'self-esteem', these themes often intertwine and overlap.
I thought about whether to just finish the unrequited love theme and then return to this first of the friendship poems, but I t...
Tuesday 20th April 2021 9:37 am
Howling Edge
"Give children fire, so they can grow stronger than anyone you've ever known"
Take me to the edge
Give me wings to touch the sky
Let me hustle my sorrow into the wind
May my pain echo in a kind
Might it set their world on fire
Tears pumping through their veins
Let them know what I've felt
What ache I've been in
And they'll heal as soon as their own wind whisper hits 'em
As a hurrican...
Thursday 8th April 2021 10:46 am
Remember When
Remember when we acted so sly,
Going to lunch and getting high?
Remember when we camped and drank all night;
all of us glowing in the fires light?
Remember the girls we used to date,
How they never used to make us wait?
Remember the time we all skipped school?
Always together, forever, free and cool.
Remember how we all dressed the same,
And thought those over 20 were lame?
Remember ...
Friday 2nd April 2021 4:57 pm
The Feminist Friend
Everyone’s having babies
Everything’s just turned up a whole notch of crazy
They must just think I’m lazy
But I too, could really love a baby
Makes me feel quite stupid
I’ve never had luck with cupid
Life doesn’t come with a blueprint
But really did for you, kid
Never been dripping in diamonds
Couldn’t find a man to afford them
And even if he offered
I’d ...
Wednesday 31st March 2021 10:36 am
Infatuation
I don’t necessarily want to be like you
There are times when you drive me up the wall!
I thought I wanted to be friends with you
I thought that we were something that we we're not
The reason is that I want to be like you, not that I want you
I want to be able to turn my phone over when someone calls
I want to be had a look away and ignore that “ting”
I want to put myself first...
Friday 26th March 2021 2:23 pm
Faith, Love and Honesty
I will be embarking now on a sequence of poems, in chronological and thematic order, that will stretch back right towards some of my earliest poetry. The collective theme is 'Love's Tempest', within which there will be various sub-themes. We start with the sub-theme 'Beginnings'.
Although this particular poem was probably written when I was 19 or 20 years old, it talks about earlier chidhood. I...
Thursday 25th March 2021 1:38 pm
To a Late Friend
No more asking of “what” and “why”;
As always, silence replaces the weeping.
I keep repeating that you are not alive,
But you are not dead either, you are just sleeping.
I hear your steps on the staircase,
Your voice rushes in, then, the smell of your hair.
You smile at me, and I look through your face
As the cold of eternity fills up the air
And rests on the lifeless face ...
Wednesday 17th February 2021 12:11 am
A Friendly Splash
A little memory with my favourite animal
The wrinkled grey skin
And that playful grin,
He drew out his trunk
And from the bark he took a chunk.
With that sparkle in his eye,
He certainly wasn’t shy.
We had a connection,
A friendly affection.
In the water he gave a whimsical splash,
With that the day ended in a flash,
Until we meet ag...
Wednesday 10th February 2021 4:48 pm
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