Driving Home was the Hardest Part

26/04/2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Driving home was the hardest part. That was the time I’d usually give you a quick call Trying to get through the traffic of a city centre To say hello. Because those few minutes not getting anywhere are pretty boring. I’d ask about your day What you’d been up to How you were feeling If […]

We’ll Raise a Glass

05/02/2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Lily wanted cake She also wanted to put a picture of your face on a tall fan So you could still blow out the candles Sam wanted a batman balloon. It’s been playing on my mind What to do for your birthday. I needed to talk to you about it You’d have given an alternative […]

Must’ve been a Wednesday

29/01/2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

I can’t remember the date we first kissed Is that a date I should remember? We were friends for so long before that moment You were the cheeky one who would make me laugh Nothing more at the time. It was so, insignificant Just a quick snog outside the venue. I didn’t know it would […]

To have lost and be lost

17/01/2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

It is overwhelming sometimes This feeling of loss. Not just of losing you Felt always in every fibre of my being. The feeling I am losing myself. I am lost. For so long I was part of a pair Almost half of my life We spent our young adult lives growing together. I knew who […]

I will look back

30/12/2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

I do not want to say goodbye To this year 2017. I have struggled to think about a new year Starting it without you, A frame of time you will never be in You don’t get to experience. A year without you. A future I didn’t envisage Didn’t really believe I would ever have to […]