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On Henrietta Street
The children howl, the house is hell
you close your eyes to cast that spell
Rising high above the endless squabbles
to meet me down upon those sodden cobbles
The rain and fog are gently taunting
your white shirt billows, opaque and haunting
On Henrietta Street…
Two hundred stairs, do I descend
with full-beam smile to my treasured friend
These precious moments, we get to steal
...
Wednesday 6th December 2023 10:50 am
Escape
Flight fearlessly taken,
An escape from this reality.
Too scarred to face
The heights of idiocy,
The lows of idiocracy.
Facing up to a void.
Nothing to fear
Except fear itself.
Wednesday 29th November 2023 3:34 pm
Escape
My heart,
A bubble, Indeed,
Expanding, every minute,
Every hour,
With words, unsaid,
With thoughts, untold.
Feelings never shared,
For reasons unknown,
But should I,
Share with them?
What will they think of me?
I don't mind,
I want to break the silence,
I want to Speak,
Then why,
Do I feel, so out of words,
When they question me,
Will they accept ...
Saturday 21st October 2023 3:46 pm
Holy Hell In An Airport Hotel
These paths we walk
grounded by responsibility
well-worn routine
practiced intimacy
I could only smile
when you whispered in my ear
‘Take me away from this
take me anywhere but here’
Living in the moment
it’s all we know to do
as you pepper my shoulder with kisses
my fingers explore every inch of you
You said ‘the world is a minibar
cold and empty
but now we’re blessed by this heat
...
Tuesday 24th January 2023 10:26 am
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