Sonnet

There was a time when I was getting high to pass the time
​a time when life would pass me by care...

We flew to Africa where the weather was warm,
down below we could see turmoil, eye of a storm,...

I plunged into the ice cold water thinking it was good,
for togetherness, compliance, just like most...

I enjoy it more than the majority of things,
not 'vape,' like pineaplple flavoured smoke,
...

You'll find things different here, not like before,
not all good - you didn't expect miracles did...

I look at the knick-knacks, leftovers from your heart,
you really need to discard but don't know...

My mother with her Peter Pan collar and court shoes,
called me wicked if I jumped ahead in cinema...

Your favourite seat was occupied by an old lover,
you wouldn't have minded if it had been your...

Do you want to return - no, it was enough,
we will meet again - no, you don't like - tough,
...

The Queen of Hearts had said: 'Off with his head,'
doormouse sleeping hadn't heard a word that was...

It was over - a life celebrated and remembered,
how much more could be given you really wondered,...

This subtle September light gently seeps
Through the cracks of a broken world.
It highlights...

They've just found a heart inside an ancient fish,
with stomach, intestines, liver, as old as you...

Who watered the plants in heaven, St. Peter
kept them lush with perennials arranged in madrigals,...

I met the Queen, she asked me how I'd been,
a writer of the day should be heard and not seen,...

O Lord hear my prayers! Grant me the grace
Of a spring-like song; far from the dark strains
...

She walked slow like the ghost she is.

She walked slow, was a princess of the dead, but didn't know...