you know when you thought something you loved was dead but it’s not?

that’s what it’s like

i’m scared of you
this space in my face
that stores jingles from adverts and
useless facts like
there was a chicken that lived 18 months with no head

i’m scared of you

but it’s just you and me now

*BN BN
doo doo
do do do…*

You walked over plains that no one sees
You played music only angels hear
You’ve Let It Go.
You’ve seen hearts open
From ten thousand lives
You’ve been loved by souls
And made them cry
You’ve stepped into skies
You’ve walked wordlessly and un-followed into
Inconceivable light

You’ve been walking on burning feet for a long time now

But you are still
one thousand voices loud
one thousand candles and bright

I will always
Be Proud
Of you.

I know they did me very wrong but
I hope I don’t
Hold it against
Anyone
too long

I hope I
Let go and
Laugh
louder than I cry

I hope the castle I build is higher than
deep, of any hole I’ve dug

I hope I keep believing.
I hope I remember that I belong.

I hope I realise that what I deserve
Is always more than I think

I hope I end up myself
and no one else

I hope I run
Faster than I chase

and I hope I look forward
More firmly than I recall

I hope I am never crueller to myself
Than I am to others

I hope I never forget

Shadows may fascinate but
they all disappear in light

I hope I can make mine bright
I’ll get this right

I can see it
It breathes deeply
Deeper than I can see
It’s fresh baked bowl shape steam cakes
Bare legs running
Rolling grinning down a hill
It’s summer
Building a birds nest in a rock
It’s free
It’s an outdoor swimming pool
It’s coming here
To me

Someone once told me
My skills
Like other poets’
Would leave me
Like my youth

(I soon turned Him over
and found
A hairline crack inside)

I’d love to say
There were no doubts planted that day
But every gardener knows
Weeds are a fact
of life