Beast

There is a beast inside me I don’t know what it is It hides deep down within me I don’t know where it lives. I never know when he’s around He comes and goes at will. I don’t want him to come around, And yet he visits still. He starts to heat my feet, A flame burning...

Anger

Alarm goes off. Something’s wrong, don’t know what I feel it building, growing, burning hot. Get out of my way! Don’t drive so slow! Damn these people! I wish they’d all go! Each phone call grates, Each noise a trigger. Pounding into my head, Like a mechanical...

What’s wrong with me?

What’s wrong with me? I wish I knew. All seemed okay, But then I blew. For 16 years, I’ve been good or bad Never knowing, Why I felt so sad. Sometimes the darkness, Held me fast Love, work and play All beyond my grasp. My emotions, Withdrawn from all. The woman I love...

Sleep

Darkness swirls around my head, as I lie shaking in my bed. Too scared to sleep, lest I die Exhaustion beckons as the night flies by The dreams have come, the panic too running from things, on a floor of glue terror unseen, so scared I’ll lose My only solace...

My Wife

What am I without you? My love, my life, my anchor You and I, we are one. You are my succour. When I fall you catch me When I need help you are there, My rock against the tide of life The one for whom I care You give me hope to cling to, when all around is out of...