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On the Outside Looking In
On the Outside Looking In.
I am on the outside looking in.
Left wondering what could have been.
If I had been dealt a winning hand.
I could be wearing your wedding band.
The man you are holding in your arms.
Is the man who you he charmed.
He gives you everything I never could.
The reasons you left me I understood.
I can see you are in a very good space.
...Friday 22nd November 2024 8:08 am
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
When We Were Boys
When We Were Boys.
When I look back on my childhood.
The older I get it becomes more of a haze.
There were a few good times.
And happy memories they made.
No Internet or phone screens to hide behind.
Always playing outdoors come rain or shine.
Dropping off our school uniform and straight to the park.
The adults always knew where you are.
Just be back in t...
Saturday 26th October 2024 7:34 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
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