Photo by Andre Furtado on Pexels.com I know what it means To be injured without injuries To have everything and nothing To be well off but emotionally impoverished To have diamonds but no hugs I know how it feels To hear words without truth To be blamed for the cruelty of others First they makeContinueContinue reading “I Know”
Category Archives: Poetry
Beautiful Dream
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Living in a house together Several people all alone All related to each other But none to the others known Yes they recognise the features As they walk in through the door All the faces are familiar That and nothing more Yet how much like this our world isContinueContinue reading “Beautiful Dream”
Ode to Hormones
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Why are you crying? I don’t know (I do but I’m not telling you) Is it something I did? Of course not! (Not half, but you’d think I was daft) Do you feel alright? I do (but that’s no thanks to you) So what’s the matter? I wish I knewContinueContinue reading “Ode to Hormones”
A Dream
Photo by Mateus Souza on Pexels.com I dream that we’ll meet One day in the street That I might hold your hand And that you’d make light Of the rest of my life So maybe I’d understand Why I’ve been angry Lonely and sad Why I’ve been hurt as I have Why I’ve been leftContinueContinue reading “A Dream”
You Were
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com I was coming back to see you and we would speak of graceful things I would cry rivers and you would talk of angel wings I was coming back to talk to you of willow tears in waterfalls and you would smile and say to me “I’ve seen itContinueContinue reading “You Were”
My Child
Love Is
Photo by Alexander Grey on Pexels.com I have learned that love IS No matter how much anger and hatred there is No matter how many wars we have Or how many arguments bounce off unresponsive walls You don’t have to believe in love Because it doesn’t exist in relation to your beliefs It doesn’t needContinueContinue reading “Love Is”
Tumbleweed
Photo by Alfo Medeiros on Pexels.com Matted and brown it appears already dead Yet it lives as it moves as it travels On roads never certain it is constantly led Through a truth that too slowly unravels This tough knotted weed must go where it must It must hope to survive whilst accepting its fateContinueContinue reading “Tumbleweed”
Ambitious Bosses
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com You worship me for who I am Revere me (for what I can do for you) As long as I don’t look too good I must be a genius Who appears to be a fool A success who looks like a waste of space and time Next to you ButContinueContinue reading “Ambitious Bosses”
A Lifetime in a Voice
Photo by Italo Melo on Pexels.com She has a lifetime in her voice Although it is elderly and gravelly Her words are uncertain Their meaning unclear Desperately she tries again Anxious to be understood As she would once have been But all she sees is bewilderment She tries to read their souls Communicate heart toContinueContinue reading “A Lifetime in a Voice”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 