An Unlikely Place

13/03/2021 – Poem a Day Compilation



I didn’t go looking for inner peace

Or anything like that

I didn’t really think I needed it

Because I was fine



I got through each day

Turned up for all my shifts at work

Did all that was required of me

But was that enough?



When I walked through the doors

To that tiny theatre space

I felt a sense of calm

As I took my back row seat



I was nestled in the corner

The outside world far away

Listening to the act on stage

Telling jokes about the absurdity of life



And as I sat in that small dark corner

I laughed and I cried as I laughed,

Happy tears and sad tears

That stained my cheeks as they ran



As the house lights came on

I wiped my cheeks dry

And gathered up my belongings

Preparing to face the world again



As I watched the crowd disperse

I realised they were completely unaware

Of the transformation that had befallen me

In that hour in the dark



I knew that when the walls closed in

And the world became too much

I could hide in that back corner

The let the dark wrap around me tight

Do Not Cry

29/08/2020 –  Poem a Day Compilation



Do not cry, my sweet,

I cannot stand your tears.

They sting like nettles overgrown

And cut a thousand times as deep.



I long to dry your eyes, my love,

But how do I stop the rain from falling?

There’s no magic in these hands

And my words can cast no spells.



If I could take away your pain, my dear,

Scrunch it up into a little ball

And throw it into the fiery pits of hell,

I would not hesitate at all.



There is nothing I wouldn’t do, my precious,

To ease your hurting heart,

To give it back it’s vigour

And return to you your soul.



Because with every tear you shed, my beloved,

When you lay your head on my shoulder

I feel your heart break afresh

And I know there’s nothing I can do.

The Joy of Sweaters

29/07/2020 –  Poem a Day Compilation



There is nothing better

Than snuggling up in a sweater

One size too big

That belonged to an ex

That forgot to take it with them

And feels like a warm hug

When you put the hot water bottle

Underneath it

But over your singlet,

And you have the trackpants on

That are way too long

But you can’t be bothered taking up

So they act like socks as well.