Random #79

“If you shoot an arrow and it goes real high … hooray for you”

-Dorian Corey

14/05/2021 23

From Birth

Why is everything so fucking bleak with you

He said

Why can’t you just stop moping around

For my melancholy is lifelong

She said

And no cure can be found

14/05/2021 2

That’s It Settled Then

There’s really no point anymore

Now that joy seems so out of reach

It’s better to go now, than to linger

And to practice what I preach

14/05/2021 12

The End Of The Road

Pretending gets tiring

After a while

So in the end you stop

With no cylinders left firing

And an inibility to smile

It’s back up to that rooftop

13/05/2021 14

Namesake

Well that’s me back

In the doldrums again

Months of progress

Down the drain

I can no longer be bothered

With any motivation to find

For it’s clear now nothing will fix

This fragile mind of mine

12/05/2021 23

‘Beautiful Garbage’

The rain

May well

Have passed

She said

But sadly

So has

My prime

11/05/2021 18

Failure

I pride myself on my planning

I write lists day after day

I schedule my time wisely

So that nothing gets in the way

I prepare for every eventuality

Without a pause for breath

But the one thing I didn’t account for

Was your untimely death

Xxx

10/05/2021 18

Crossroads (Part 2)

If all roads lead to hell

Then let me out of the car

As I’m looking for salvation

And I’ve already come too far

09/05/2021 18

A Chocolatey Collaboration

Isn’t it just amazing
What reading aloud can do
How through someone else’s voice
Your story can feel all the more true

I’m honoured you picked this piece, my friend,
And have given it life anew
I may well have written the words
But here the credit belongs to you

A huge thanks to Matt Snyder of https://aprolicicpotpourri.art/

https://anchor.fm/matt-david-snyder/embed/episodes/The-Bakery-Aisle-ev39s1 A short story about love by my favorite writer/collaborator friend from Northern Scotland, Little Charmer.
Short Story Saturday: The Bakery Aisle

08/05/2021 14