Poems

He was my shadow
My little Boo Boo Bear
Pulling himself up to pat my leg
While I stood...

We kill former identities to reconsruct ourselves; or is it we reinvent to destroy the stigma of the...

For the longest time, I said I was straight,
I'd talk to boys and get on my knees,
I'd wear...

They burn for all, the embers
Of gone and withered youth
Crackling, spitting
Scorching...

The bruises on her cheek were the first giveaway
Told me she walked into a door yesterday
...

People have done things that make a man furious and he's losing self control.
He has become angry...

Misty-eyed morning as the Cockerel crows his shrill call

Little dew drops dripping heavily onto a...

Sitting alone drinking in a dark and dirty downtown bar.
My mind from reality is way way far....

Thank you for helping me win the fight against atrocity.

Do them before they do you.
Or do...

Behind closed doors is a clandestine place

No-one know’s what lies within anybody’s private space...

Pretty painted pallettes magenta, blue and gold

Sworn cherished secrets never to be told

...

The old days kids played musical chairs ,follow the leader, hop scotch,
hide and go seek, jacks, tag...

Here you go, take a leaf and do with it what you want.

Crush it to nothing if you please.

...

Gauntlet.
From
birth to
death.
The gauntlet
run.
Staying alive,...

There is fire within your ice
There is a haunting beauty in your smile
I see your Jane Eyre...

Shiny metalic oracle
Like a pharaohnic key
Pinned on an unfolded leaf
At the apex of...

I have snatched it up
Bagged it
All of your beauty
And
Tagged
It...