• Midnight

    Pouring rain Reflection of my tears Clouded sky Reflection of my heart Chilled darkness Reflection of my soul Solitary star Reflection of you

  • Rock-Star Love

    Obsession, confession I fell in love with you I didn’t know much more than your name But head over heels the feeling came Infatuation, fascination Your image lit up my eyes Your voice, your lyrics, and your style Your tattooed arms and your rugged smile Recognition, premonition Your words rang true in my ears You

  • The Eclipse

    As if caught in an eclipse The world came between us And I lost sight of you Like the moon, I am left in the dark While your brightness lies behind The barrier imposed by fate Now I drift alone in empty space Cold to the touch without your warmth How cruel it was to

  • Dear Mrs Copley

    It is nearly forty years since you were my teacher, a role that made you responsible for my wellbeing as well as my learning. And nearly forty years later, I still feel freshly the humiliation you put me through when I was in your class. I am not sure what I did to deserve your

  • Lost

    I think of you and I know I lost my way When you led me from the night into the bright of day. Because like a caged animal released into the wild, With the unmapped brain of an infant child, I don’t know what to do now I’m out in the light. I look around