These flowers bear thorns
fooled by glorious colours
exuding cheerfulness
an inviting warmth
So bright it’s exciting
But have you tried
juggling balls of lightening
without getting burnt?
Rippling discourse
hateful whispers
what’s mine is yours
tangled roots competing for water
Head swells and grows
until all else is eclipsed
the success of others
banished to shadows
only they exist.
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The dread. Legs of lead palms of sweat in the car I get. Autopilot. Muscle memory of the journey allows the mind to drift anticipating the awaiting shift. Thoughts wander to crashing the car. Hope for
Last week Boris and his band of overpaid children announced they were using the NHS as a scapegoat for increasing National Insurance contributions. Whilst he was gaslighting a nation, I was working my