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Nov 2021 · 90
Lonely times
Andrew Nov 2021
This tiny world
I own
I tread this
Lonely stone

The moment you left
The room turned blue
My mask came off
Your words spoke true

If we didn’t
Meet that day
There wouldn’t be
Much more to say

For every hour
I spent longing
Your face
Is slowly going

Why am I here
While you’re
Way over there

I hope you feel
Like how I feel
My heart is broken
Nothing is real
Nov 2021 · 97
The young girl
Andrew Nov 2021
There was a girl  
I once knew

She had these eyes
That would play
The perfect tune

Where in time
Showed me
This world
From a different view

Who I came to love
So dearly,
It ran deeply
Through
And through
Nov 2021 · 446
For you
Andrew Nov 2021
If I was to write
A verse or two
Just for you
It would have to start

Your heart is
As pure
As the Mountain Dew
Filled with so much joy
Devotion would be
the best word served
For our home and family
And of course
our little boy

With everything
We have been through
Pink and blue
You’ve always stayed
Strong and true

If I was to give to you
What you have given us
It would be a lifetime’s worth
Of angels dust
My Xmas present for my partner
Nov 2021 · 501
A short poem
Andrew Nov 2021
If I could paint
with my words
Your portrait
would be epic
Nov 2021 · 89
A memory
Andrew Nov 2021
Wherever I go
You follow

Im an autumn leaf
Flying in the wind

A beaten pebble
Washed up against the shore

If my words
Could really paint

Your portrait
Would say it all

A worn out memory

Which simply

Will not fade
Nov 2021 · 351
Today
Andrew Nov 2021
Where do I go
how do I start
what do I do
with this broken heart

I feel so alone
like an empty city
a broken bone
full of gilt and pity

I often wonder
if you felt the same
I’m still here
me and my shame

There is no fire
without any flame
clouds turn to thunder
its only me who’s to blame
Nov 2021 · 538
A real friend
Andrew Nov 2021
Someone once said,
                                
                             “If you are true friends
                         no matter whatever happens
                          you will always meet again”
Oct 2021 · 973
My last words
Andrew Oct 2021
One day
we might
meet again,
you may
not remember me
but I’ll never
forget you.
Until then
when I
need you
I’ll keep you
hidden away
so no one
can touch you
In the back
of my mind
somewhere
where I know
you’ll be
safe and sound
Aug 2021 · 86
Now and then
Andrew Aug 2021
Back then
I never realised
How young I really was
And today,
I still don’t
Jul 2021 · 194
Eyes shut
Andrew Jul 2021
Every time I close my eyes
All I see is you
Mar 2021 · 182
Untitled
Andrew Mar 2021
It’s easier when one says
Than when one feels
Feb 2021 · 142
Big hearts
Andrew Feb 2021
This world isn’t big enough
for hearts like ours
Feb 2021 · 1.2k
Vaccine
Andrew Feb 2021
News flash!
Just had the vaccine
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Feel
Great!!
Feb 2021 · 997
Left behind
Andrew Feb 2021
I remember
my mother telling me.
“When a relationship ends,
one always
gets left behind”
Feb 2021 · 490
Untitled
Andrew Feb 2021
God
Please give me the words
To numb this pain
Jan 2021 · 837
Years later
Andrew Jan 2021
There hasn’t been a single day
Where I haven’t been thinking
Of you in some way
Dec 2020 · 75
Uk tiers
Andrew Dec 2020
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
(Tear) 4
What’s next
I can’t take anymore
Dec 2020 · 125
Cry for help
Andrew Dec 2020
All on my own
Sipping on fine warm wine
Sitting, thinking
I’m all written out
The world is all mine
Staring at my last tiny line
Dec 2020 · 94
Isolation
Andrew Dec 2020
Self isolation
No time for a curfew
My Sitting room hell
My street window view
Dec 2020 · 72
Young love
Andrew Dec 2020
You were once
so young
Yet I never saw
what was coming
Dec 2020 · 94
It’s been so long
Andrew Dec 2020
It’s been so long
since we last spoke
but today,
your still there
inside my head
like you never left
Nov 2020 · 78
Parent’s
Andrew Nov 2020
Parents are the most peculiar things,
You think you’re really close
Yet really you are so far apart
May 2020 · 57
Sadness
Andrew May 2020
Why do I feel a failure
When I prefer to be a sailor,
A loner, a lost ghost,
A captain of a ship
I pray I live in hope
My last words won’t ever slip
I dream yet still learn
Your tender touch I mustn’t yearn
I laugh outside,
But cry hard inside
Like a loud ringing bell
You will never know I live in hell
Every tear drop I weep
I’m able to wash down
Every sidewalk, alley,
Even the dingiest street
Now, I mustn’t go astray
If I was to say
I saw my mum asleep
Also thought it would be
The last time we’d ever meet
May 2020 · 61
Just be!
Andrew May 2020
Every time I shut my eyes
I start to see
The real me
The one who God
Intended me to be
Be, just be
Don’t be me
Or he or she
A fake or a phoney
Take for example...The!
The ripest apple off the tree
Whoever you see-
It’s not just for you
But also for me,
Be the one who
You have been
Put here to be
Forever,
Internally
Finally
Time to live free
That is the key
May 2020 · 63
Illusion
Andrew May 2020
Every time I shut my eyes
I see you
Right there
In front of me
Where you shouldn’t be
May 2020 · 96
Panic attack
Andrew May 2020
Fight or flight-
That’s what they say, right?
Say what you like
While the skin is pale
Throughout the day and night
Like a fresh clean sheet -
Crispy and white
Yes, you have guessed-
Anxiety and stress,
Adhd and my Aspergers
Smothers me tightly
Never gently or lightly
I hear the wind
In the leaves
As darkness
Covers my eyes
The most caressing breeze
Takes me down to the floor
Straight to my knees
May 2020 · 59
Pick a petal
Andrew May 2020
She loves me
she loves me not,
She breaks my heart
she knows the spot
Apr 2020 · 83
Holding on
Andrew Apr 2020
I still hold on despite the hurt
scared that one day I might forget
Apr 2020 · 53
Untitled
Andrew Apr 2020
It’s easier to stay lost in a memory
Rather than to face reality
Apr 2020 · 49
Imperfections
Andrew Apr 2020
Diagnosis- Perfectionist
I wish I was a perfectionist
Oh really?!
Do you know-
I tell them today-
Google it!
Is it good to be a perfectionist?
Living in fear of failure permanently,
Depression,
Severe!
Google also -
Claim shorter lifespan-
I only hope and pray to God
Who ever wrote it
They are a true perfectionist
Apr 2020 · 41
One more
Andrew Apr 2020
Pour another glass
Another whiskey chaser
For the drinker
Mr bartender
On this late week day afternoon
One more no more
He shouts!
Banging his head against the bar
In a dying thirsty rage
Can somebody
Anybody
Phone his poor wife
Just to hear her breakdown again
Apr 2020 · 72
She
Andrew Apr 2020
She
The way she drinks, it irritates
The way she eats, It irritates
The way she yawns, It irritates
Even when
she’s on the phone, it irritates
Like a coiled spring
when sprung it f** vibrates
Apr 2020 · 54
Mask
Andrew Apr 2020
They hear the laugh
They see the smile
Meanwhile sadly
Reality is torn in half
This old ship is sinking fast
Struggling to gain composure
I got to hang on to this mask
Apr 2020 · 43
You will never know
Andrew Apr 2020
My dear,
Those tears are filled
With hundreds of stories
And thousands of fears
Skin has grown wafer thin
From one broken heart
Over many years
A life long scar
Which never disappears
Apr 2020 · 47
Trapped
Andrew Apr 2020
I do not want to live  
  Unfortunately    
  I have lost the will to die
Apr 2020 · 70
Left behind
Andrew Apr 2020
There’s always one
Who gets left behind
It may be,
You, me,
Her or him
As most are -
An empty shell,
A ghost,
An envelope
Lost in the post.
Apr 2020 · 59
Last words
Andrew Apr 2020
Last ever words were
                  “Whatever happens
                    Please don’t go off
                 with any of my friends”
Apr 2020 · 55
Dad
Andrew Apr 2020
Dad
I never had a dad
But I had a man
who often said
“well done lad!”,
Who only came home
At weekends
To sleep in
A different bed.
My mum who in turn
Got close to her mother
After my father
got up and fled.
I mutter these words
like I still suffer
Oh, how I looked up to him
The big man
The big don
The preacher who tried
But just was a big con
He had a special way
With his uncontrollable eye
For every type of Barbie
To an average looking Cindy.
Yes he is my father
But not my very own dad.
Apr 2020 · 55
Sarcasm
Andrew Apr 2020
I can do sarcasm
I just can’t deal with it.
Apr 2020 · 41
The map of life
Andrew Apr 2020
You haven’t done it wrong
You’ve just lost your way.
Apr 2020 · 46
Try
Andrew Apr 2020
Try
If all I need to do is try
I will never fail
Apr 2020 · 48
First love
Andrew Apr 2020
Whenever I write
You’re never too far in sight
Such an innocent girl
Always being noticeably polite
I made a promise to your mum
On that very first night
On the phone telling your brother
She was ok, she won’t be back late
That I’ll be bringing her home
You will be doing alright
Many months later
We were to be
Buzzing like a fly
flying around like a bee
Spending hours on end
Underneath the great church tree
Playing our game
Without any shame
Saying my name
Getting lost in the sky
Being more lost
Within each others eyes
How you would look at me
This is how It shall always be.
Apr 2020 · 138
Society
Andrew Apr 2020
It’s a crazy world but
Somebody has to live in it.
Apr 2020 · 62
Scared
Andrew Apr 2020
It’s a lock down a shut down
An epidemic pandemic
It’s more serious than Ebola
They call it Corona
Once it was isis
now it’s a virus
causing a crisis.
God bless the medics
Doctors and nurses
Let’s get back to Business
Is it a conspiracy,
A fever, or simple allergy
We don’t want your gold
We need more...flour.
Apr 2020 · 60
Finished
Andrew Apr 2020
Why did that last look
outweigh all the memories.
Apr 2020 · 49
My dearest one
Andrew Apr 2020
There are no words or verse
I could choose or use
To show I know
That you are the one
Who should always come first
If only I could live up to this
And not have days
Where I think of myself
Oh my dearest love
If I could only change the above
To write about the birds and the bees
Butterflies and trees.
I never imagined,
To have a woman who’s a legend.
You are my hero a girl in a million
I am the man sometimes the villain.
Apr 2020 · 53
All about you
Andrew Apr 2020
In a rare moon
I dream of you
To hold you
feel you
to lay next to you
When I awake, my cheeks are numb
maybe.. this could be, the last time..I see you
Oh, how I do miss you
Apr 2020 · 55
We laughed and joked
Andrew Apr 2020
Throughout my life
We often joked,
I have the tree
he has the rope,
He would laugh
I would laugh too,
Acting all cool
But only laughing
Half the way through.

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