Sleeper
Silence sang to me In the dark It was the voice of souls Or perhaps of nightlight memories They got straight through No daytime distraction No clear refraction They have but themselves to present me And now I am sure… Continue Reading
Silence sang to me In the dark It was the voice of souls Or perhaps of nightlight memories They got straight through No daytime distraction No clear refraction They have but themselves to present me And now I am sure… Continue Reading
She is the buttered knife in the bottom of the sink She is expensive slimmers’ food and greasy chips And beer She is our lack of bog roll She is swift like a sloth with a tree on board In… Continue Reading
I feel bleak Weak Alone Adrift in the dark Without a map Without a guide Without the voice of another To tell me I’m here I hear sound Muffled Outside A passing car Midnight truck Going their way… Continue Reading
I am the inbetweenie I am the inbetweenie I am the inbetweenie I am your new God. I am the inbetweenie I am a half cast See my shadows fall in pain And when you lie awake at night… Continue Reading
I dream All these fantasies Haunt me when I look around In the photograph The still movement Captures my eye But you Change my eyes From which I have seen you Yet the length I will go… Continue Reading
Beside the bed Upon the chair Against the wall Over there Near the egg box Decoration Which is pinned to the wardrobe With the white suitcase on Which is opposite the chimney And the fireplace Just to the right… Continue Reading
Some time past I covered my eyes No longer wishing to see where I was going With the changing of each and every season I felt my life slipping away Once I felt I held the answer But solace only… Continue Reading
One hundred and fifty seven knowing glances Ninety eight couples laughing Fifty two heads turned to see Twenty three fingers pointed Four comments called out By kids on street corners who know how it’s done Just another day In… Continue Reading
It’s not just a case of yes and no The slightest thing was the biggest blow And there’s a time of understanding A time when everything is right A knife in the back from a dead one Brings tears to… Continue Reading
Look and see Eat and taste Look and see Think and know Challenge your feelings Fuel for your birth Here is your life Look at your death Ask who you are From what you are made From where… Continue Reading