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I went to the pub It was almost normal. The lights were too bright And the people too loud. The beer was warm And the heating was off. The spaces between us were bigger than before. The worry in people’s eyes was barely disguised. The need for normality was evident in their minds. They all…

There’s a hole in my soul I don’t know why. Let it swallow my ego. Let it swallow my pride. Instead it drinks me down whole But a bit at a time. Like it’s trying to tell me I’ll sip you like wine. There’s a hole in my soul It’s 6 feet wide. Let it…

Beautiful flower…Why have you been closed so long?Your petals stay shutLong after the sun has gone.No one sees your gloryOn those dark and windy days.So why not open up a bitLet me see you smile though the wintry haze.Light is all around youJust now soak it up and see.Maybe unfurl a petalGo on, be brave…

The luxury of boredom. The freedom of its design. The boundaries are quite endless And It’s parameters are all mine. I never shy away from its tedium, Nor stray from its futile path; And whenever anyone denounces it I simply raise a smile and laugh. “Boredom gives me choices; It allows change to fill my…

When did I become the old man of my distant memories, The faded photograph taken on a sunny day while standing on the front path. The man in the corner holding a baby telling me it would be the last he’d ever get to see and hold; And to get out there while I still…

Screaming to be heard On the underground District line. People brush against me And I hear their cry in kind. It all seems understated It all seems quite perverse. Standing, crushed and shouting But it all comes out reversed. I’m the only one who’s speaking Saying what needs to be said. Struggling with my conscious…

In triumph and in tragedy In sunshine and in rain Through the calm and the storm Crying or laughing We will be together again In sorrow and in joy In weakness and in strength Through the still and the swell At home or abroad We will see each other soon In adversity or in the…

(For Amber my GD – and all the other little ones) Whatever happens you won’t remember this. You won’t need the things you never missed. You will live in a world of gratitude, humility and bliss. Hopefully where everyone can co-exist. A future place where no man shakes an angry fist, At a shop assistant…

I’ve never done music Only simply words Some need to be shouted While some should probably never be heard… Most of then are pulled from deep inside my brain While others stagger out my mouth… Falling over one another in their attempts to ease my pain