Why wear a mask?
you may well ask,

it's in the film script,
the one where you're
tipped for an Oscar.

I do believe
I do
because what would this life be
without a fairy or two?

I'll tell you,
it would be drab and dull,
but with fairies like Tinkerbell
life is full of magic

and yet
I've yet to see the fairy queen
except in
Shakespeare's
a midsummer night's dream
but does that count?

the lockdown, or are you shut out,
put out by the landlords who believe
that they are the gentry?

vacant possession,
the devil doesn't want me,
I am empty,
possessed by a vacancy.

Oh jeez, a bit gloomy for a Thursday
and not the way I imagined it to be,
but two cups of 'joe' and I'll be buzzin'
must go
and make some.

Dear self,
In losing you

Days seem blurry
Nights seem scary

Heart grows weary
Eyes turn teary

I lost the merry
I lost the power to write my story

I will always remember,
As long as my mind is well,
To save things soft and tender,
Joyful stories I can tell.

I will learn to leave behind,
Unpleasantries to forget,
To delete them from my mind,
Tales of sadness and regret.