Nightpoems VI

10 Poems

1.

There are only hints
and fragments now.
You live your life to
witness them.

This is the final
drought, and you are
desperate for any
kind of sustenance.

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2.

For a moment, I saw
a real chance.

I shook my head and lost it there,
in that one sideways glance.

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3.

I cannot act upon a choice
without thinking at it first.
And in that cognitive stutter,
often pick the course that’s worse

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4.

The windows of time
when things are at
their peak is short.

The skill is to know them,
feel them and understand
that the ball is firmly in your court.

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5.

If you get the thing you want,
you will no longer want it.
It is the eternal longing
which is the one thing
that keeps us going.

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6.

You’ve gone. There was no
fanfare nor explosion.
One moment you were all-consuming,
and then you were just no one

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7.

It feels i’ve not
seen anyone,
for ever so long,
worth smiling at.

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8.

That one insignificant happening
that distracted us all from
a life of brilliance.

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9.

The pathos of a
portrait is insufferable

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10.

After all this wasted
time and emotion I
asked you for a refund.

You took my hand,
looked me in the eye
and told me you
would never give me one.

Photos ( top to bottom)

Hounslow, London. 2022. Nikon d750
Manchester, 2021. Nikon d750
Manchester, 2021. Nikon d750