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The Privileged walk
Scuffing leaves on the ground
With no other soul anywhere around
Hands in my pocket, keeping warm
My feelings swell to an indignant storm
Life at home isn't quite right
The yelling and shouting gives me a fright
"Best apart" says my instinct
But it's not like me to kick up a stink
Night times leave me cold, fearful and small
Ear to the glass, glass to the floor
...Friday 19th April 2024 3:39 pm
Afterthought
Busy team
Hustling and bustling
Opinions jostling
Fighting for position
Striving, determined and strong
Never once are we wrong
Volume intensifying
Voices increasing and thriving
The noise groans in to view
The minds spew an acid stew
Passing the time until the end
Every foe and every friend
We are the lost ant in an army
The child forgotten aft...
Wednesday 7th February 2024 11:11 am
Digital Distraction
I watch them engrossed in their hand held devices,
The only thought I have is what's the point, What's the point of talking when there's no listening,
Communication is lost to an electronic device.
Likes only feed an ego that should not grow, Comments from strangers that do not stay but go.
Posting and waiting for the above,
This what their life has become.
I watch them slip away into a ...
Tuesday 14th August 2018 1:59 am
A broken girl...
She cried out for help but no one came,
Once again they ignored her cry.
And now thanks to their deafened ears,
She took her life and choose to die.
She was never really heard or seen,
And still not one person cared.
No one though it would end this way,
No one thought that she would dare.
When they heard this girl was dead,
They all search for a face.
But they find is an empty seat,
...
Saturday 16th June 2018 8:25 am
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