Creep

Image from Pixabay You can call me a creepBut I would watch you sleepSince when asleepYour walls are downSo, I can seeThe man I fell in love withNot the man whose heartIs paralyzedTowards me Alex

Climate Change

Image from Pexels Some belief is just a hoaxThat it’s not realThat our actionsAre killing the worldWe live inLeaving nothingBut a trailOf issuesFor the peopleWho will comeAfter us Alex

A Family of Friends

Image from Pixabay A family untiThat isn’t tightedBy bloodBut it is a familyThat you chooseThey are there on happy daysAnd those days when you’reIn need for someoneTo be thereTo help youNot fall to your knees Alex

Read-A-Thin November 2020

I know it’s last minute, but I decided to take part in Read-A-Thin. What is Read-A-Thin? I have actually been taking part in Read-a-thin since it started in 2017 and I try not to miss a round. Read-a-thin is a month-long readathon, and the aim is to read as many books on your TBR as … Continue reading Read-A-Thin November 2020 →

Poppies

Fields full of redLike the soldiers bloodWho left this worldOn an unknown landLeaving weeping mothersAnd griefing fathers Alex

Army of Clouds (Guest Post)

From Google Image Search Many years ago a thief stole my eyes,and threw them away from light-I never even saw the face you shone at mereflected in the canopy above us. Your voice constantly described my lifefor all the mountain walks we breathedwere seen to me as a painted pictureon the blank canvas inside my … Continue reading Army of Clouds (Guest Post) →

Daddy

Image from Pexels I had enoughBecause you leave when things are toughYou drinkAnd for help, I have to ring My own heroMakes me feel like a zeroYour blood rainsIn my veins But no matter how sadYou are still my dad Alex

Haunted Night

Image from Pixabay Dead soulsWake upAt nightTo seeWho they canInhabit nextTo regain backTheir old lives Alex

Scene

Image from Pixabay There is this sceneFrom a day of my lifeThat keeps coming to mindIt was me trying to do homeworkOn the kitchen tableWith my parents cooking dinnerWhich is rareSo, when I’m anxiousI make my mindTime travel to that sceneAs my source of calmness Alex

Trans At 21

Image from Pixabay It’s a kick in the gutWhen doctors tell meI could get awayWithout transitionBecause for themIt's just a choiceWill if you see as a choiceI had two choicesCome out as how I amOr my family havingTo bury me6 feet underAnd I can’t bearCausing them that kindOf pain Alex