"All my life's buried here, heap earth upon it"
You weren’t even worth
Making a mess
Of my shiny red lips
Or that brand new dress
You didn’t deserve
What was underneath
Or to hear me moan
Between the sheets
So now you know
Why I “got the hump”
As you’re home alone
Having fucked things up
And when they all ask
How my evening went
I’ll be sure to tell them
Of my utter torment
Why not
Give him
A round
Of applause
Like every man
Deserves,
Of course
After all
Where would
We be
If not at
The behest
Of the patriarchy
Please don’t say it’s over
He said
I won’t believe it
If you do
It’s exactly that lack of backbone
She said
That I hate most
About you
Why the fuck
Would you stay
When you know
That shit
Is not okay
There has to be
Some other way
For you
To leave
Without delay
I pray to God
For no leaves on the line
So that nothing derails
This heart of mine
I’m glad
It all
Was good
For you
And that
It worked
Out well
Now I
Will just
Stay here
Alone
Languishing
In hell
You’ll say
You didn’t mean it
And it was
An honest mistake
But you’re a shit actress,
Quite frankly
So I know exactly
Just what point
You were trying to make
If we both stay here
He said
I fear my resolve
Will break
Let’s be very clear
She said
That’s not your choice
To make
No one cares
In the end
Not even family
Or your friends
From the corner
Of my eye
I see you
Sitting there
Her head resting
On your thigh
Your fingers
Stroking her hair
I remember those days
My head touching his
When my heart
Would do nothing but flip
Yet all I feel now
Seeing such bliss
Is the overwhelming urge
To be sick
Highlands or Islands
Anywhere will do
I’d happily live
In outer space
As long as it’s
With you
Stranger Danger
The night our worlds collided
So different and yet the same
I lost myself in your eyes
Without even knowing your name
You were merely a stranger
Who stole my heart
In the most dangerous way
Now I am searching
For a glimpse of you
And the space we once shared
In a crowded square
Written in collaboration with Cassa Bassa at http://www.flickerofthoughts.com ©2023
It Is What It Is
From what happened
Between us last night
I have a feeling
This has potential
I even contemplate
to stay for breakfast
skip work
and love on you more
But after my first cigarette
I realised
for our art to be perfect
I must play the escape artist
once more
You see I cannot give you
What you want
Unless we can agree
To take it slow
I may not be sure
Of many things
But my fear of love
I know
If that's not enough for you
We'd better call it quits
Not everything has a happy ending
Life can be a hit and miss
Written in collaboration with Cassa Bassa at http://www.flickerofthoughts.com ©2023
Back in the day
The words flowed freely
And I knew just what
To impart
But I’ve recently found
Since my new love’s in town
That for poems,
I’m no longer arsed
You say that I am crazy
And always take things
To extremes
But I know full well
That you lie to me
Even in my dreams
Give yourself a break
He said
We can all see
You’re trying your best
I just can’t afford to flake
She said
With all these cuckoos
In the nest
I saw it first
On TV
In a film made long ago
(If you can forgive
Their dodgy accents
It’s not that bad, you know)
There it stood
Pride of place
As part of that iconic scene
A symbol of majesty
And resilience
In a landscape stoically serene
Who knew
That its destruction
Would be so upsetting to me
It’s not like it was
A person
But a 300 year old tree
I just don’t understand
He said
Why she would try to tear us apart
Because the cost of true love
She said
Is always someone else’s heart
You can’t drink from an empty cup
He said
Your throat is still left parched
To have a cup in the first place
She said
Would be a fucking start
I wish
That things
Were different
And I could be
More in control
But my drive
Is non existent
So I’m stuck here
In this hole
I am going home
And locking the door
As I do not care
For this shit anymore
If you knew
Anything about me
You’d know that shit
Isn’t my style
I’d say
To your face
That you’re a cunt
And not hide it
Behind a smile
To expect a nightly vision
She said
Seems a tad extreme
I barely get to sleep
She said
Let alone to fucking dream
Time to tell your truth
He said
To stand up and face the crowd
I’m not sure how I’ll cope
She said
Saying all this stuff out loud
I’m sorry
For all
The pain
I caused
For those
Emotions
That I
Withheld
You see
I did
Love you
Very much
I just didn’t
Love myself
I don’t know if I
Can see this through
As it’s all so empty
Without you
There’s nothing worse
Than when it hurts
And that
Is all the time
Yet I’ll pretend
To the bitter end
That everything
Is fine
“Life…has been unfaithful”
It was you
Who wanted this
Not me
You who were
Too blind
To see
That we could
Never make
Each other happy
Not while
My heart is chained
And yours
Runs free
I want it like
The book
She said
I need
The fairy tale
I can offer you
He said
A dream or two
But nothing
On that scale
It reads more like
You just couldn’t be arsed
Your ending, descending
Into abject farce
Perhaps next time
You’ll be less weak willed
With your writing, exciting
And us feeling fulfilled
Ramblings Of A Fragile Mind 
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