David Hutton

David Hutton Feb 5

Ugly

First there was stillness steadily tension.
Eyes target me with an obsession.
An impact with might,
Profanity I incite.
This mirror reflects no perfection.

Feeling ugly today.

#reflection

David Hutton Dec 2020

Beneath this Skin

You see my flesh, you see my colour.
Painted by my father and mother.
I'm not your picture,
to be viewed for pleasure.
Beneath this skin there's a lot to uncover.

#people #thought #black #deep #inside #race #racism #judge #human #colour

David Hutton Jan 2020

A Toxic Affair

You were overzealous, had me concealed.
You tried to care, you thought you were my shield.
You created this storm-cloud,
Always angry and loud.
You were hazardous, too weak to be healed.

#relationships #relationship #overprotective #overzealous #affair #toxic #unhealthy #bad #breakup #move

David Hutton Dec 2019

The Otherside

He stands there with a passive regard.
The silence mirrors that of a graveyard.
In front of a lit door,
enters the wintry air.
Extends his arm, welcomingly unbarred.

#death #afterlife #otherside #dying #dead #limbo #reborn #grim #reaper #netherworld

David Hutton Dec 2019

Sararīman

Black ties, collar shirts, a sea of black hair.
All operate the same, nothing is rare.

A heap of bleak faces,
holding briefcases.

Forming thoughts like a system software.

#tokyo #japanese #business #work #japan #collectivism

David Hutton Jun 2019

Special Seed

Sometimes I feel like I'm wearing a crown.
Othertimes I feel like I want to shutdown.
Give me what I need,
that special kind of seed.
The one where I get lost and can't be found.

#depressed #limerick #dark #gloomy #drugs #hide #away #sad #emotions #bipolar

David Hutton Apr 2019

The Fling

Affection for you I can't undo,
Adhered to you like a tattoo.
I'm a substitute, I know.
Hard for me to let-go.
Painful to dry the ink you dipped into.

Psychiatrist Eric Berne states in his book *** in Human Loving that "Some say that one-sided love is better than none, but like half a loaf of bread, it is likely to grow hard and moldy sooner."

#love #fling #affection #relationships #relationship #tattoo #painful #ink #substitute #limerick