Child

I wrote this poem for my cousin Macca who lost his son Cain at a very young age ..

The last time...

I felt your presence yesterday
Your scent it smelled so strong
I only feel you close to me...

As a child,
when my grandmother died,
I used to think that Heaven
was a place above...

Violent Love.

The hiding place for violent love is deep within her heart.

Love is...

The reaper happened upon a young girl
She seemed to be lost, distracted from her place in the world...

I was never any good at it,
You cloud capture it all, perfectly.
I could never manage to make...

When I refused to buy my son a Nintendo Switch, he turned on me.

He gave away all...

I often wonder if there is a place where everything I could ever possibly think of would exist,
I...

I didn't want to be a number
I didn't want to be a cog
I wanted to be remembered
Not...

Unknown paths lie before me
Un-trodden ground is calling
Strength is my weakness
Into...

Ding Dong Ding Dong the pleasing sound
A ice cream van doing his round
Choc Ices,...

A childhood where love offered was selfless and free
and sacrifices never recognised.
To feel...

Sailed across the ocean
Flew away to the sky
Driven by desires
Soaring for your...

God whispered in my ear “please listen and draw near
I have a plan that needs you to be there....

When she was very little
A man took hold of her hand
Her little heart was trusting
She...

In resting pose she sleeps in innocence
Under pillowed clouds and songbirds fold
Soft light...

Awoken from sleep by the touch of a hand,
Your boy with a tear in his eye.
He has had a bad...