Writing Archive
Explore a curated collection of my writing, including psychotherapy insights, short stories, letters, and poetry, all compiled for easy access and reflection.
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direct eye contact
words spoken direct eye contact like she really wanted needed me to believe & i took ‘em the way they were thrown ignoring the hidden she was leaving me slow on her way to…
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gone I am
the drinking had slowed some I was looking over her painted face next stool from me booze going down mouth red & gripping thinking I could do with a lot of that & then…
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in the air
heat hanging for each other in the ether unspoken yet both wanting more her pheromones reaching out she knew it I knew it we were going to do the thing both showing out red…
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just a line
in an old foxed book with love forever Alison xxx & my first thought who? tho’ I remember too clearly who she was a red haired lover with freckles & worse the fear what…
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blowing through
crime is just a kid in the city growing up blowing through crowds clutches of people in numbers large & small being only obstacles in the way holding on tight lower the risk in…
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shaking
that comes from overtired under slept being full on when those around you are missing the moment wondering if this is how things will remain running to catch up neglecting yourself for herself doing…
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coming up
took me a long while to do this thing they call growing up so much time to take trying to work out if I was who they told me I was scrubbing off the…
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riding
I notice he rides through a red light couple of junctions his reflexes not being what they once were d’you think I say that sometimes we see the holes in our own raincoat first?…