Poem – This me I be

Only me

It doesn’t matter No-one cares I’m all alone I’m all that’s there The things I do All I give Means naught to no-one Only me

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When I wish I wasn’t me When I wish I was someone else I find it hard to remember why I should like me as myself The mirror looks pathetic The mind is less than kind All is me is hard to see beneath that which I find So silently I ponder So I wish myself away I […]

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Do see

It always comes back to me The way I do see the dayThe sun doesn’t shine the way I see itIt shines a different way

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Thought in a loop

I get a thought, something to say.I write it down, hip-hip-hooray!I read it back and ‘Ooo,’ I think,‘This thought of mine, better said like this…’ Press Enter twice — old down the page —And off I write, I start again!I read it back and ‘Ooo,’ I spy,‘It’s missing bits, this thought of mine…’ Expand, I […]

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Listen up, kid

Listen up, kid.You’re just starting out — the path’s uneven and the going’s a slog — But you’re in this for the long haul.You’ll have to wing it to win it, and dive and jive and stumble and swerve —But you’ll make it, I promise.I’ll show you the ropes. Run now, you hear?And never look […]

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Unbreakable

You can tell me I’m worthless,And you can tell me I’m nothing —You can say want you want —I’m unbreakable.

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Decisions are easy

Decisions are easy when viewed in the dark, They’re so simple when shrouded by night; But when spotlit, it seems, so bright that they gleam, It’s impossible to decide what’s right.

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The isle of hindsight

This here isle called Hindsight dazzles — it gleams when it catches the light — it is especially splendid at morning and it is especially majestic at night. Pillared by a mountain impressive — so high clouds conceal its peak — Hindsight is snowcapped and heavenly, with thick trees and soft sands of silk. Surrounded by crystal-blue water, caressed by its […]