Ever felt like you’ve been cheated?

Being led on by promises empty
Debts facing no plans of being repaid
Being asked to hand over a sucker’s fee
Relying solely on a false trust made
Investing cash in a goal not alive
Putting in effort for little return
Waiting patiently though it won’t arrive
Realising you don’t have money to burn
What made you think it would work out this time
From one can recover; Not a blunder
From common sense why did you cross the line?
Why’d you bother? One can only wonder

So what is there to do when it’s all gone?
For one, you stand up and keep moving on


27th May 2013

Born This Way

I may not grasp situations social
But I take pride in being different
I may have trouble in being vocal
But in my field I’m genius ascent
I may not work the best within a group
But I will not abandon my self-worth
I may struggle to remain in the loop
But I work harder than anyone on Earth
“He’s a weirdo”; “He’s strange’ people may say
But none of that matters at all you see
Because I’m a success in my own way
For it is an Aspie that I should be

And this is all me – A me that is true
I can’t change even if I wanted to

Melbourne Woman

Meeting at the station in Flinders Street
Where folk gather, clocks tell time and trains stop
Take a horse drawn carriage on cushioned seat
Tour the streets to the sound of the clip-clop
Walking hand in hand underneath skies grey
Rugged up in warm gear but still there’s shiver
Sharing sushi on a winters day
On a bench facing the Yarra River
Eating dinner at the Crown Casino
Taking a stroll along the Burke St mall
Take a tram – so many places to go
From Richmond, to Collingwood and Westall

The weather may be shocking but why care?
For a day in Melbourne is one to share


20th May 2013

Tonight is just for us

Close the door and let in all the shadows
You. Me. Forget about the outside world
It’s within these arms that you should be held
Come to where a deep burning passion flows
Wrapped up in an embrace warm and lovely
But it’s different from last time: It feels true
If you’re so bold to show me the real you
Then I will gladly show you the real me
As bare skin touches passion runs white hot
Two pairs of lips can’t be kissed fast enough
No secrets any more. Nothing to bluff
Claim my love for you – of which there’s a lot

So much emotion burns bright in the gloom
And a flower has burst into full bloom


13th May 2013

Forever Broke

Seeing the same four walls from yesterday
One day with money for thirteen without
Will never happen again you did say
And yet there’s no end in sight for this drought

The car engine is running on empty
Can’t afford bus fare, new shoes or a snack
Saving? If only it were that easy
For every step forward there’s ten more back

Too little supply for too much demand
All for something that can’t be provided
Running on a path uncertain, unplanned
Why did you bother getting out of bed

And another day’s spent losing this game
And what’s on tomorrow? More of the same


6th May 2013

Flying

Getting ready to step up from the ground
Leaving the earth for territory unknown
For a new frontier forever been shown
It’s always been there – just needs to be found

Rise and head into the great wide open
Pushing the boundaries of where you don’t go
Where the destination is you just know
With this step the journey’s set in motion

No more chains or restrictions – now walk free
This journey’s history in the making
It’s a new world ready for the taking
What’s over the next hill? Let’s go and see

The rules have been broken, the walls tumbled
Walking proudly forward where once stumbled


16th April 2013

Abandoned School

Vandalised walls that once looked so trusting
A dim light left on for someone unknown
Sports ovals left completely overgrown
Two soccer goals overturned and rusting
Concrete slab where basketball courts once stood
Pathways going nowhere. Railings broken
Empty terrapins where words were spoken
Windows boarding up the inside for good
Locked doors where through countless students have passed
Grounds where many met, made friends, fell in love
A building with no purpose to speak of
And a skiff bin going nowhere fast

Many an education once here dwelt
Now all that’s heard is footsteps on asphalt


9th April 2013

So much to tell you

Got a lot to tell you. Where to begin?
Saying I miss you may be a good start
I can’t wait to see you, again, smiling
And how much it sucks that we’re both apart
I’ll tell you that I’m glad to have met you
And how your words warm my heart when it’s cold
I’ll tell you about how my heart beats true
And seeing your face never gets old
And how much love, to you, I want to give
If you were here I’d say all this to you
And, with you, how much I want to be with
But you’re not: So these words will have to do

I type all these words because I can’t say
But I know we’ll be together some day


5th April 2013

The Third Decayed

I wish I had a job. Full time. Good pay
Doing something that I’m really good at
You know like how everyone’s doing that
It would beat doing nothing every day

Wish I had a house I could call my own
It will best living in a basement plain
I’ll do what I like. No one will complain
It would somewhere I could call my home

I wish I had someone to give a rose
Someone whose heart speaks nothing but the truth
Hope it happens soon while I have my youth
The quest grows harder the longer it goes

I need all these things for by now I should
Before it slips out of my reach for good


1st April 2013

Science

I don’t believe in doing what genes say
Nor that I should obey some pre-program
I don’t believe that which is not my way
Nor that I have no say in Nature’s plan

I don’t believe that I’m part of a tribe
That I must find allies to mock the rest
Mixing is a dumb idea to subscribe
And enforcing that my path is the best

I don’t believe my group should be the one
That I decide what is morality
That I decide what to think, how it’s done
That who disagrees is an enemy

Because, in the end, I believe in me
Because that’s the only truth I can see


Completed: 11th March 2013

Night Chapel

Standing tall and pale against the black sky
Darkened windows, dulled sandstone and locked doors
A place where once welcomed all now looks shy
And the shadows have all come in force
Rising up, stabbing the sky, two towers
The walls are ageless – they won’t stop standing
It’s colour drained from the daylight hours
Funny: This place used to look welcoming
They say that someone is living in there
Someone who’s spent a very long time dead
But the building’s truths aren’t there to share
As the grounds are lit up with lights of red

The building exists but in its own light
Holding its own secrets within the night


Completed 25th February 2013

Two Hearts

Across the ocean a heart beats for me
It comes with a mind razor sharp and keen
As well as a pair of eyes so lovely
And the biggest smile I’ve ever seen
A heart that will pick me up when I’m down
A heart that is always thinking of me
A heart that will make me smile – not frown
A heart that, with me, where it wants to be
And I will return the heart’s devotion
There may be some risk but I just don’t care
Some might say ‘no’ – I’ll follow emotion
For, between these hearts, there’s plenty to share

Despite borders, beat as one these hearts two
For no distance can defeat feelings true


18th February 2013

An open letter to Taylor Swift

Dear Taylor – how are you going today?
Hope you are enjoying worldwide success
I write this for I have something to say
I want to be the prince to your princess
I want to be your boyfriend, your lover
Forget your past failures – I’ll be your man
Stick with me – you’ll never need another
Treat you good? Fix broken hearts? That I can
I can be the one you talk to and trust
I’ll give you gifts and love you every day
I’ll leave your previous boyfriends in the dust!
I’ll make your dreams come true – Just come my way

But hold on: I’m not famous! Such a crime
Oh well then – Sorry for wasting your time


11th February 2013

A private little Cold War

A war is being waged: one without rest
Many dollars are spent to get ahead
Seizing upon mistakes and dumb things said
Watching each move made with keen interest
Spreading dissent through spoken word and text
Make use of an arsenal of mind games
Dig dirt, eavesdrop, back stab. It’s all the same
One reason will do as well as the next
Actions are dissected to find meaning
Words are spread regardless of being true
Find allies in both camps to play for two
All for the victory they’ve been dreaming

But there’s one thing my opponent won’t see
My walk from the wall I built behind me


14th January 2013