Tag: poem
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Supernova
The timeline is complicated But unforgivingly straight Before the night We shine We burn I’m bright, I know I have letters to prove To me, at least. But Perhaps this fire this inner flash This drive these files this splash Are my last gasp My battle cry Before I start to fade. I’ll rage against […]
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Berlin face off
I was standing on the pavement My fingers cold and stiff The phone loose in my hand It’s job done Directions good. I saw my goal Iconic and cool Lines clean against the cobalt rise And then a blue Familiar friend Caught my eye and As I bent Towards its light I saw my life […]
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thesauraus (aka: aka)
I cried today. it wasn’t bad nor was it good But I wasn’t sad. i was tired, bone weary, dipped, inert. exhausted, plain sleepy, wrung out, not alert. sonambulant, just dozy, fatigued and clapped out knackered and frazzled, my brain had checked out. if Inuit have zillions of words to mean ‘snow’ i wonder how […]
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Rescue
My eyes are declining My body a mess I stumble and stutter So much I confess But recently I find I can and do fly I glide and I swoop And I don’t even try I’m freed of that weight The Marley chain drag I don’t have that effort I have no white flag If […]
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Pass the full fat whatever
I raided the cupboard tonight I wanted crisps, salt and bite But snacks there were none My shelves are no fun And my jeans are accusingly tight. If only there was a quick answer To make me as lithe as a panther To smooth all my bumps And banish those lumps But instead I have […]