mine

I can do it with a broken heart

Fred was one thing. Ginger: she did it allbackwardsand in high heels.Me? I can do anything…
loml

love of my lifelacking, oh my loveliving on meagre lovelies of my loverlove, or my lifeloss…
I can fix him (no really I can)

Isn’t it funny, the way we cycle through various lies?Full blinkers. He’s perfect. Rose-tinted lenses. Well,…
Who’s afraid of little old me?

fearfulfull of fearstearfulfor many yearsfeared I wasn’t good enoughfeared I wasn’t worth your lovefeared if I…
Guilty as sin?

I feels unfairthat I get to hold all the shamewhen the bulk of the guilt is…
Florida!!

He asked why I don’t want to travel Florida. If I get too close to Disneyland…
Fresh Out the Slammer

Different cells in different facilitiesbut the white washed walls and cold metal barsare the same. We…
But Daddy I love him

I can see what you’re thinking,eyes brimming with one of those types of painonly a parent…
So long, London

The first one ruined Paris for you.I hear your sobs down the lineand I know this…
down bad

I remember the fall. I knew I was down bad. I really thought you’d catch me…
my boy only breaks his favourite toys

You took me by the hand,showed me the evidence:it was not my fault.reliefbut thena void If…
The Tortured Poets Department

The natural history is that you become a memberbefore you realise your eligibility.You start to write,and…
Fortnight

I remember the roller coasterthat was that fortnight; the buzz bardown and locked in position, a…
Anemone

Wind swept, storm tossed adriftI try to anticipate a blooming beauty born of bloodbut all I…
Perseveration

A recurrent theme: I return time and again to the ideathat I will lose you, andthat…