If I’d been able to find the words, Would you be here to disagree? If I’d not been such a fool, Would you have thought more of me? If I’d never lied to you, Would things have turned out differently? If I’d been a better friend, I wonder now where we…

That’s not a ship It’s your life, Passing you by As you watch from the bay. That’s not the breeze It’s a sigh, A lover departing Because of words you won’t say. That’s not the night It’s a void, The vigil has ended They’ve all gone away. That’s not a…

Running a racket Making a packet Sure that you’ll crack it If you’ve got your jacket. Outside it’s too cold| You’re lost and exposed This hat’s getting old What were you told? Why should you listen When false prophets Christen And green daggers glisten Maintain your positoin. Keep on keeping…

And what you should read before it happens — Have you ever been on holiday and realised you took a woefully inadequate supply of holiday reading? That happened to me last month. Luckily my niece was travelling with me and she had a book she wasn’t reading; The Delusions of Crowds, Why People Go Mad In Groups, by William…

Whispered warnings, Testing awnings, Ropes and rocks can only creak. Rising rancor, Tests the anchor, Would we heed if waves could speak?

For the last four years, my life was in decline. But the last six months have been the best I’ve had in longer than I recall. A lot has changed, and now I get to be happy. Two nights ago, I got up at midnight and danced around the house…

Life has been kind to me today Life has definitely been happening to me, and not for me. I’ve been a passive subject. Powerless. Today, for some reason, life seemed to listen and stop being a bitch. And it’s about time. It’s about time things started going in the right…

I can’t see how it works I keep getting it wrong, Maybe all I need Is to put my glasses on. How could it be that simple Is that all it takes? If it is I can’t see why We make so many mistakes. I always paid attention I was the…

Wouldn’t it be nice I thought To be one of the thinkers, Content in my own universe A racehorse wearing blinkers. And wouldn’t it be satisfying To be well-known and celebrated, For all the things I’d thought about And eloquently stated. I’m dreaming up a universe Where dreams bring me big…