They sat and warmed
their hands
on the dying embers
of a marriage
that once burned
out of control
huge orange flames
of laughter
that touched the sky
and touched
their souls.

Please forgive my words
if you find them harsh
they are born from
the ashes
of my badly cracked heart.

There’s a voice
deep inside all of us
we can’t name it
although we blame it
for telling us
our everyday
truth

We are deep into a
conversation
there is no turning away from
you should have backed out
ten minutes
ago

I’ve got a ride to
somewhere
probably end up being
nowhere
still I’ve got a ride to
somewhere
could talk the driver into
one more passenger?

Goodbye
is a hug
I don’t want
to give

There is nothing here
I haven’t seen before
Nothing above me
Beneath me
Nothing that tore
There is nothing here
that could ever
even up the score

Nothing
enrages me
or engages me
quite as much as
you two
I suspect
you feel the same way
too

I just want
the good bits of you
I want to package them up
shape them
into a man I can love
you can take your other bits
the bad bits
and sell them around town
I just want
the good bits
of you
Am I wrong?

Tears
are just water
and we all need
water
to live

Remember
the remember
and I promise
I will do my best
to remember it too

I won’t
throw you a
a line
I am
not quite
that brave

I am
so in love. with myself
that
when you said you loved me
I thought
I was talking to
myself

You are
the constant
I struggle
to be

I used to be
your favourite drunk
What happened?

These words
mean nothing
unless read
by you

I know you want
a conversation
not sure what there is left to say
I left
I walked away
not sure what there is left to say

Hello there
Well, hello you too
I’ve never seen anyone with hair like you
it wasn’t good
it wasn’t great
but you know what
it was enough!

I miss
every
little
tiny
annoying
thing
about
seeing
you
every
day

You are the love
I never knew
I had inside my heart
until
I met you

I don’t want to talk about us now
can’t you see the storm clouds
gathering to the west?

I am too many thoughts
for my little
brain.

I have no strength
to wage war upon you
anymore
white flag
It’s me
I surrender

Ever word
you say
is a word
someone
somewhere
sometime
at the right time
could have
said
and has probably said
before

If  I could paint your sunrise
in the colours that you choose
trust me , I would
except I know
you haven’t paid quite enough
attention
to blue, yet.

Imagine my surprise
after all the glamour
and the flowers

In all honesty
I have nothing important or
relevant left to say
but I am definitely
going to say things
anyway

I know how you feel
I feel exactly the
same

I can give
a little bit
of me
and I will give it
freely
but please
don’t ask
much more
of me

Blue, green, navy, red
lets find our own colour
instead.

Don’t love me
in disguise
I am honestly
not clever enough
or big enough
for the surprise

You said your burden was too heavy
as we trudged through the
deep December snow
you had to lay it down now
the winds were too high
too harsh
too cold
I didn’t see you go
I was too busy trudging through
my own deep December snow.

I am harsh upon you
this much I know
my love rains hard upon you
like a deep December snow

Permission
granted
To forget all about me
As you were
Soldier
Stand down.

There are more than
a thousand ways to
make life good
and all of them
include you

Write me a flower
write me a poem
write me  better
take me half the way
home

I will not
leave now
not because
I am brave or honest
but because
I have no leave
left

Did you ever feel
you ever lost
every real word
you ever wanted.to say
to every unreal person
in your life
and at the end of the day
when their eyes are glazing over
you still
believe
you have so much more left
to say

If you ever get the point
or even come close
call me
can’t promise I will answer
but still
call me
real is always worth a try.

You played my love
like the sweetest violin
the music so sweet to me
I couldn’t see the begin
I was soaked in gin
I couldn’t see the
begin
the begin
forgive me
I couldn’t see the begin.

You make
me
laugh
out loud
if thats not love
tell me
what is?

I lost you
just can’t remember where
somewhere in between last night
and here
or maybe somewhere
in between last year
and there
just can’t remember
when
or where........

Lay your feelings down on me
God knows
I have laid mine heavily
upon you

I am constantly surrounded
exhausted
exploited
by opinions
that mean nothing to me
constantly searching
screeching
for something
that makes sense
to me

I can lie easy
with the lie
can you?

I think of them fondly now
in truth
I hardly knew my father
but I knew that he loved me
in truth
I was a little afraid of my mother
but I I knew that she loved me
in truth
just three of us left now
maybe we just tolerate each other
in truth
I know that we love each other  
in truth
like my folks always said we would.

I love
that I don’t know
what to do
when you say
that maybe
you are in love
with me 😂

I’m not a saint
not quite good enough
I’m not a sinner
not quite bold enough
yet

There are but
two words
that matter in my
world
and  in my heart
You
and
my  crazy family
maybe that makes it
three

Thank you
I will take your compliment
and run with it
just as far as
As I can go !