bought her water
and chocolate
little ritual

wrote initials
and love hearts
in old school jotters

her mother taught her
truck on forward farthest
a companion in a tardis

chasing star dust
as a star.

Mental illness can sometimes
be making up stuff that isn't there
which really makes it actually there.

It's all very confusing
really like brain contusions
doing rapid locomotion during snoring
The sun totally toasting the sky
While the rain is pink and pouring

It's anything but boring
And as the years pass
Its like your lifes been stolen
The camels back worn and broken
There is never any rest

mental illness
is infinity in your head.

Sugar lump
frozen quenchy cup -
****
to the sizzling music
participate in love

Like a dove
pass some of my poems by
and leave the saddest nights
bookmarked
a sudden thirst after dark

Stark in contrast
basking in a shade of blue
pail of ice and floating
*****
trounced by a forgotten you

Sun sea Ice tea Sun tzu
burnt feet ice cream swim suit
gull coral snorkel frisbee
Red skin fish fin Chomsky

Ranina ranina René Decartes
Limpet kite taffy shark
Kayak dock jet ski sand
Bikini boardwalk Ayn Rand

Scuba castle Immanual Kant
Pier paddle sandals clam
Dunes barnicles pelican mussels
Tide pool towel Bertrand Russell

Harpooned a droonin’ raccoon
Couldnae huv ‘im talkin’
ae paced away fae ma hoose
Gawked me oot ma wheelchair joggin’

Bolted efter ‘im doon the lake
Chased that snake stalking
ae tried tae make like steak
Sizzling along nae-longer walkin’

Caught up wae ‘im et boulders cabin
Stitch stopped the grass in ‘is tracks
Promisin’ ae wullnae go gabbin’
Dinnae I know that fur a fact

Flexed a boot aff raccoon chist
Ae splashed in the wat’r pantin’
Harpoon - trigger, flick o’ the wrist
The meat was ******' outstandin'.

On my way
To face my problems
Took the stairs
But couldn't fit
Through the hatch.
Rode that rollercoaster
All the way. The only shortcut.
Landing in front of
A very well informed
Know it all man, and
Passed the new guy on the up
Sharing no hard feelings
And there I was
upright, bold, prepared...
But like I said
I couldn't fit through
the hatch.

Missed the bus
Inflamed hip
Council flat
Tired of it
Tired

My uncle
Half mongrel
Half other breed
Left centred
Squatters rights
The Addams  pack
Practicing violent fights

Animals cruel
Rabbits steal
knifes stainless steel
Wednesday run down
Punctured her head
Like a cantaloupe
Gone
Catching air like an antelope  
hope will demand
Alarms on her arms
An arms deal
Needs a stronger hand

Mimes a new language
He's coming
Tell him
Visualise prison bars
She reigns in Spain
Running
I wouldn't say she's hope empty

Make a list
Don't get ******
You're doing a rat of a job
A cat
Wouldn't pay a dog for
Report will contain details
Will break his teeth
Backing up lips and tongue
Mums only son
Born one
And a half
A nursery kingpin
Pet giraffe

Morning.