Category: Poetry

My heads done in. I drown in red,  I’ve sunk in. I evaluate my life and I’ve flunked in All that matters… But (I tell myself) it’s nothing. I’m scuffling round the issue,  So let’s jump in. I’m Fucked-up Insecure,  Neurotic and  Emotional. Let’s just say I’m fine. Roll another spliff and pour another glass [...]

I changed my bed sheets when she went home I couldn’t sleep without the smell of her gone I cleaned the flat as soon as she left Like being underwater, coming up for breath I ran a bath once I was on my own Washed off the feel of her, right down to the bone [...]

I had to separate myself from the irresponsibility.  It don’t mean you man value at any less to me But I don’t wanna waste my week Just looking forward to Saturdee.  I got ambition I got things I want to be and Want to see. I don’t just wanna trot through life dizzily, Clumsily, gripping [...]

I have these thoughts about you that no one knows about. How I wish you held me to sleep And kissed me passionately on the mouth, on the neck. I feel you wrapped round my waist Like a snake as my vertebrae bend To fit together perfectly and we spend This time in intimacy. Feeling [...]

A lone star. Like a bindi on the sky’s Third Eye, So small but so striking. She sits over the sea Inviting  Lost wanders into her light. The waves, her belly rumbling The fish, her fingers fumbling And how I was wandering,  But now I’m in her sight. She washes blue to purple; Bruised and [...]

So I’m the one, am I? The one to break your promise Of never falling in love again. The one to break your promise Of keeping your heart guarded and vacant, A sleeping lion I’ve awaken and Your mighty roar is heard throughout London As you fall to your knees, pleading me to release You [...]