A Poem Of Youth — Sun glinting off silvered wheels Skin glistening, legs pumping Hair ruffled and yellowed Laughter in the air Friends surround me taking turns To lead the way Telling jokes and maligning one another Fun all the way Shorts and T-shirt dressed Lightly tanned and healthy No worries or fears They’re for another day…

With Pain I Atone — Subtly alone With no-one knowing Outwardly the life and soul But inwardly atoning The smile I smile for others To take me at face value The sins I sinned so long ago Inside they still berate me Once upon a time I was happy and carefree But then without realising it I hurt…

Our lifetime together — Light-hearted, rain-soaked Dreaming of another time When in days of wonder, days bygone I lived a life sublime The raindrops pouring from the heavens Dripping from your lashes The first I saw you and fell in love My heart and soul entranced Your green eyes sparkling The dimples in your cheeks The…

A Poem of Winter Love — Asleep on a stormy night Warm blankets and arms wound tight Your perfume pervades the air As I dream of you Swirls of snow fill the air Soft snowdrifts everywhere Outside my window footsteps filled Like my heart, with love for you The rise and fall of your lover’s chest In…

The night my teenage dreams came true — I remember the summer I turned fourteen and discovered girls for the first time. That fateful night my friends and I were sitting upon a hill watching our favorite band through the coming dusk. …

Chewing gum for the soul — The bedside light offers warm sleepless light My phone shines blue upon my face My fingers type fast pitter-pat Dissipating my dreams I glance around my bedroom, safe and warm As the rain beats down outside And the storm of my nightmare still reverberates Painfully inside my head Instagram and…

Stretches out comforting white — Early morning white Upon the world at large Dewdrops frozen crystalline The first day of winter’s onslaught Cobwebs strewn across open windows Blowing gently in the cool breeze Icy intricacies of spider’s webs A wiry white trapeze Chest full of frozen air Invigorating and free I feel my senses come alive And take…