For #life We are awake. We're both aware, yet look away. Can we pretend this didn't happen? Can we mend that rapid decay? Duvet covers my white flesh, regret covers yours. Was it the wine, or the gin that caused such deed? Or was it infant potent sexual greed? We are both awake, best friend, morning nearly greets. Shall I put my clothes on now, or drown my conscience in sleep? It's not our friendship that concerns me, It's dreadfully instead, The haunting image of your loving wife, softly sleeping in your own bed. Best friend, lets end this, We've been here before, Hearts don't heal twice, You'll kill me no more.

The Fathers Prayer. My love is the firm hand that greets the man not good enough for you. My love is the shouting, the discipline, the silences. My love is the hidden tear that lurks upon my eye, at each achievement. My love is the moaning, the groaning, the teasing. My love is the photo in the wallet. My love is the simple name in a birthday card. My love is for you, and you only. And as I cradle you now, little baby, my love pours freely, and everlasting.

Dictation. My own #life is a still a story I'm too scared to be the author of.

Summer Break The girls twiddle their hair in the setting summer mist, One last chance to catch a love, a lingering kiss. Their smiles are sweet, showing no hurt, no pain, They're yet to live #life, yet to learn of loss and gain. Do we tell them of their fate? Crush their dreams, in one fatal swoop? Is it fair that we only know the harm love can do? The girls sit there in the setting summer mist. Dresses falling just below their knees, bangles trailing up their wrist. Let them be. Let them cherish, let them know themselves, the concoction of loves time old knowing spells.

Block Work. I can't ignore the tears that fall like rain, For a cause that escapes us, in such vacant vain. I'll offer my hand, it's worth more than hope, Because truth be told, it's not a currency anyone knows. Don't despair, Hold on, I still care, The world around you falls apart, I've got some glue, I'll mend your heart.