Bars and Shadows. A poem.
Bars and shadows Trap body and mind Stealing life Like a parasite But willing me on To face future and past To sing the song Of a better man Continue reading Bars and Shadows. A poem.
Bars and shadows Trap body and mind Stealing life Like a parasite But willing me on To face future and past To sing the song Of a better man Continue reading Bars and Shadows. A poem.
Film Lover Movie watching love My shared escapism Better with a friend Tabletop Gamer Playing RPGs Becoming a new person Only for a night Guitar Player Guitar strings strummed Emote in rhythm and rhyme Musicality Continue reading Three Loves. A Haiku Trilogy.
Thar be spoilers ahead… Manchester by the Sea is a depressing movie. Even with the great dialogue and character performances, it leaves you wondering what just happened. In truth, not much did. Kenneth Lonergan’s script, from his play, won the … Continue reading Manchester by the Sea. A movie review.
CapitulatedTo the weightEncumberedBy the painDespondentYou cry awhileDepletedUntil next time Continue reading Capitulated. A poem.
I would put up with Arguments like multiple car crashes Complaints about cash flow shortfalls All the poor self esteem moments and unlikely excuses The never-ending dog hair on clothes That-time-of-the-month obtuseness Late night extended phone calls with girlfriends Every time she says “do I look big in this?” Burnt dinners and replacement take out food Bohemian folk music turned up to 11 Unscrewed toothpaste caps and long hairs in the sink Enduring chick flick Saturday nights Smelly laundry covering the floor Every quirky new age hippie sensibility An opinion on everything that’s often far from mine If she needed … Continue reading Needs and Wants. A poem.
So, if you haven’t seen the movie Dunkirk by now, all I can say is: “why not?” Dunkirk is a movie about the evacuation of 330 000 British and French troops from the Dunkirk beach after being surrounded by the German offensive … Continue reading Dunkirk. A movie review.
SurroundedBodiesVoicesConfusionEndless Here I standA bodyA voiceConfusedAlways Continue reading Surrounded. A poem.
My heartInspired by youPumps a thousandBeats a minuteNot a heart attackNot a strokeBut heavenIn your eyes Continue reading My Heart. A poem.
I watch the rain on my windowEvery drop running a chaotic raceTo get to the bottom of my pane (pain)Never the same path twiceAs if utilising eidetic memoryEvery drop a consequenceEvery drop a choice (never) madeThat flows to the bottom of my pane (pain)Where it merges with the restAttaining its watery goalTo be accepted again Continue reading Pane. A poem.
She's the oneAnd although I am no oneIn both her mind and mineI could build a world around her(And indeed I think I have) Continue reading One. A poem.
Sometimes I get so sadI just have to laughEver had that?It's weird I knowBut sometimes there's Nothing else leftSo you cry and cryAnd you laugh awhileAnd when it's overIt's like it's all been liftedIt's still there but it's notKnow what I mean?Maybe you doMaybe you don'tI'm just trying to make senseOf the whole damn thing Continue reading The Whole Damn Thing. A poem.
Spoilers? What spoilers? No, none here Okay, okay, I was a bit late coming to the party on this one, but I finally got to see it today. Great movie! Excellent performances: Tom Holland, perfect as 15 year old nerdy high … Continue reading Spider-man: Homecoming. A movie review.
Hole Depression returns Bottomless hole inside you Who will fill it in Stay Anxiety strikes Enemy insurgency I’ll stay home today Tears Unending clown tears Laugh and cry until daybreak Carnival sadness Continue reading Down. A Haiku Trilogy.
She stands before me And smiles that way And talks that way And looks that way And laughs that way She steals my heart And takes it away And hides it so And I’m lost to her And found again Continue reading Statuesque. A poem.
I figured it outThis thing called lifeYou live and then you dieAnd in betweenSelf doubt Continue reading Life. A poem.