Playlist for this post How does my difference make you feel? Go on. Why don’t you tell me? Are you looking for it with your questions? With your eyes? Ears? Heart? Seek and you shall find it. I am the kid lacking designer clothes. Because my Mum smokes crystal meth. I am shyness. I am… Continue reading How did you love? – a poem about acceptance
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Unfurling the Scroll
Essay on creativity
We Will Not Be Quiet
Ukraine
I See You
Are you ok? My car slides past you at the traffic lights. I can tell you’re not alright. The weight of the world is heavy right now. I don’t know you. But I wish you did not have to carry it. Tesco bags in each hand, Soles of your shoes so thin. I wonder what… Continue reading I See You
Concrete Phoenix
“Life had not been too kind to Declan just lately. But according to the horoscope in this morning’s paper that was soon to change. Not that he believed in that stuff. The thirty four year old factory worker had gotten used to being a magnet for trouble over the last few years. That was just how it was,” the old man read. He continued…
Cocaine Scream
Somewhere a door clicked and Eoin knew that she was sneaking out again. He sighed and picked up his eight month old daughter Ella off the floor, who responded with an indignant squeal.
Just in Case
The scene was warm and homely with the family gathered around the TV. Like millions of other families in Britain they were relaxing after a hard day at work and school. In front of them they each had lap trays with a plate of fish fingers and chips.
Pathways
Cereal or toast? It isn’t such a difficult decision is it really? But my brain is still fogged from the night before and right at this point in time making my mind up whether I want to hang on the cupboard door or hold it open is about as much I can handle this early on in the day. After swaying for a minute I settle for draping my arm over the food stained door and groping around with my free hand scattering fossilized Shreddies and Cheerios that have lain undisturbed on the sticky shelves for months…