I scare
I scare.
Easily, I scare.
when you breathe. I scare
when you look at me and I am speechless.
I scare with each heartbeat.
I scare
Uneasily. I scare
from my vulnerability. I scare
with this family we created; this fragility; I scare
With this unconditional love.
Tuesday 13th May 2025 8:01 am
Then You Hug Me
Why is it that you cannot get out of bed?
I look at your eyes and see
That you are lost in your sleepy head.
It's breakfast time and I know that
I'll have to chase you down the stairs again.
Then you hug me.
Hurry, hurry! Late again!
You have your pants around your ankles;
Your nose buried deep in a book.
Blankly, you blink at me as I cry out!
You leap to your feet and
Then you hu...
Wednesday 21st December 2022 11:10 pm
Rain
I hear the pat of a falling drop
On the skylight above my bed.
Sleep won't come early tonight.
The sound repeats and I dread
That drumming keeping me awake.
I lie awake in torrent
Churning the day gone past.
Hoping my woes and my anxieties
Will drown in the self pity that is -
The pounding of the rain.
Fatigued. My weary body
Throws up an umbrella up to stop
Further thought from hi...
Thursday 9th July 2015 3:48 pm
Children
Scurrying like rats in the sewers,
Swiftly hiding from the flashlight.
Tree-climbing tailess monkeys,
Grinning mischievously down you.
An orchestra of laughing, screaming, crying, playing,
With a mad conductor presiding over them.
A football, a skate board, a stone, a stick, a leaf.
Digging in dirt or becoming superheroes.
Ignoring pleas for calm and quiet;
Unwilling to tidy, clea...
Sunday 25th January 2015 4:43 pm
A bag of things
What's this, under the stairs?
Oh! It's a bag of "things"
Been left from when you
Cleaned the car out.
Six months ago.
Shall we look and see what treasures it holds?
A single black sock with a giraffe on it.
A shiny chocolate wrapper.
Year old shopping recipts and half a dozen car park tickets;
Are these the missing work expenses?
A pen; it's leaked; staining the bag
and a leaflet for t...
Wednesday 7th January 2015 10:57 am
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