FAILURE You fail to stop You won’t get To the top You fail to continue What will become Of you? You fail to fail You lose

A Pair of Innocent Fools She said To me To me She said She couldn’t Count A, B, C I said To her To her I said I can’t even Count A, B, C She said To me To me She said She couldn’t Draw words I said To

TIME MACHINE I’ve lived great things And I’ve got more great Things to live, but sometimes I can’t see it, my mind becomes Consumed by negativity because It’s easier that way, because happy Is boring,

LADYBIRDS He squished Ladybirds Under his Fingernails She told Him to Consider Rebirth Repetition On repeat He squished Ladybirds Under his Fingernails Their little Wings Torn apart At first Touch She

UNLAWFUL Maybe it Was in Being a Little bit Rebellious That we really Found ourselves

SQUASH He lived Breathed Played And ate Squash He was Just one Soul One of many Squashed away By the many voices Of the world His lungs were Squashed by His tiny torso And left him struggling to breathe

BATTLEFIELD We’ve taken Taken to the Battlefield, one Of us is hurt, one Of us is caught Out, out of the Ordinary, one of Us is in the wrong But we don’t know Who anymore, we’ve Gone, gone too far We’ve

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Down the chimney he descended, she didn’t know if she would ever see him again. So she blew kisses, many of them. She didn’t know if he would survive his feat, the world from his two

DEPRESSED My doctor Says I could be Depressed And rhyme Gives no Reason Because Depression Is too dark For me My doctor He doesn’t know Nobody knows What’s really going on My head Twists And it turns And

MERRY GO ROUND He drove Round And round Like a merry Go round Till his tire Threatened To pop And even then He couldn’t Stop

TWO SIDES (TO EVERY STORY) They say, “Appeal to The other Side” Acting like It’s easy To slide In someone Else’s shoes “Knock, knock Who’s there?” What is your motif? Put your hand On the door Grab the

SEVEN DEADLY SINS Father forgive Me because I have sinned Girl you’re Drunk Go home Before you God forbid Make a fool out of yourself Father forgive Me because I have sinned Make me better Decipher the

PLANE SAILING I spy Wind turbines In the sea Flat horizons As the sun Rises across The edges of The Earth We will shortly be landing In London Gatwick The temperature is 9 degrees Please stow your laptops

MONKEY Monkey say Monkey do Monkey play Me like You did *note to self: settle for no one you’ve got lessons to learn

SAVE OUR SOULS They became Tourists In their own Habitat Taking breaks From their Daily lives Time off To revive And reflect They needed It to cut The ties To release Themselves From the routine Of which

COUNTDOWN She takes The score Obesity is A condition Undermined By poor Imagination She retires On this Occasion Napping Like a fairy She puts On a front Harboured By the notion Of marsh like Stains squashed

SHAKING HANDS WITH THE DEVIL Interaction Is addictive Like shaking Hands with The devil She smiled In his presence Feeling warmth In her heart She wore Her head On her shoulder Like a medal Grateful for

POP GOES THE WEASEL My daughter Is disturbed She sits On her knees In the name Of “love” Teenager Takes precedence In pop She dreams Of starting A life With someone She hasn’t met And probably Never will

MIND Minds Seek happiness Minds Seek routine And remorse Resolves itself In crazy conspiracy Theories Touching weak souls Clinging To something Yet to guarantee True happiness Of the Mind

BOLD She became So used So used to Standing out Bold That she lost Understanding Of what life In the shadows Blended With pastels Really meant