Choose a positive path
You’re my fascination
My goal on waking
Dark brown comfort
Stops me shaking
We walk hand in hand
Journey to work together
There to energise and remake me
Everyday, no matter the weather
It started with a kiss
Lips melded onto plastic lid
Grateful to get my hit
This is my caffeine love
Away from the lads for a second
He checks on his phone
Makes out like it was for the sport
Sees no message, feels alone
They’d chatted online for days
Before he’d managed to ask her
A number and a chance to meet
Different, she was like no other
They’d met in the park
A simple conversation, seemed safe
He’d over thought his lines
He’d worried she’d want to escape
It had started naturally well
They’d talked just like their texts
He’d relaxed, she’d opened up
Time had flown, neither vexed
An hour had turned into two
Coffees, holding hands, laughs
The sun had shone on them
Familiar at first meeting, no gaffs
A single kiss on parting
He’d felt a fire in his eyes
He’d texted later that night
But so far no replies.
Confused. He’s now not sure
Doesn’t know where he stands
Did she even like him?
Why doesn’t she text?
Desperate
He wants to know
He wants to make plans
So he steals moments at work
To check on his phone
But until she says it went well
He feels broken, all alone
It’s like I’d taken a pill
When you walked in the door
Pure euphoric hit
But it’s you I want more
I’m not taking a drag
But my heads in a spin
I’m high from who I’m with
Not what I’ve been doin’
I’ve never taken a line
But this rush that I feel
Makes me need to know you
I’m addicted to your appeal
This is no boxed TV drama
And the only binge that I want
Is of seeing you on repeat
Tire of you. I can’t
I’m hungry at all hours
But no meal I can find
Can sate the gap without you
Complete my heart, body and mind
I’m not downing neat spirit
There’s no need to chug
You are all that I need
Our love is my drug
Look into the shadows, what do you see?
A threat, a fear, someone staring at thee?
Focus on your demons, what do they say?
Do they set your objectives and limit your day?
It’s here in darkness in the corner of your room
Where deepest hate resides, and nightmares loom
You may feel locked in, bound to carry your woes
But no path is closed off, you’re not left to your foes
There are no walls to your prison, look up, you’ll see
You’re only stopping yourself, let go and you are free
Free to clear out your demons, banish your fear
Free to bring light into your life, to set a path clear
Of the shackles of history, the guilt of what’s gone
To reach to be your potential, not what you came from
Look into the shadows, and with love shining bright
Remove your limits, your echoes, awake from the night
Tongue tied
Words stopped
Brain fried
Flow cropped
No easy chat
No simple topic
Will fear combat
To launch our epic
Not until I say
The throat stuck
Buried away
Burgeoning crux
A year of knowing
Months of us
Long time growing
Sometimes discussed
But now, dumbstruck
No other, no maybe
Will do.
I love you my baby.
I miss you
It’s been far too long
Need to hold you
Close, where you belong
I transfix on you
Think just about us two
How Good we are together
Nothing less, will ever do
I love you
Feelings I have never felt
All I do is for your benefit
No one else, as loved in all the world
I want you
I choose you above every other
A life fulfilled
With you, my friend, my muse, my lover
I desire you
Want to consume every part
To show you how I feel
Each act, an act of the heart
There she lies
Neath crumpled sheets
A glimpse of golden skin
Fair of face
Body held with grace
Beauty from outside to in
Bounteous rose
Framed by petaled hair
A joy to touch, to feel, to see
Wondrous sight
Her force, her might
Her all is beloved by me
Restful dream
Her slow drawn breath
An infectious sense of calm
Together we
Embrace shared destiny
She cannot come to harm
My vision
On her downy bed
I send affections from above
A gentle kiss
Placed on her cheek
Conveys my whole hearted love
I have a secret
No other can share
Words stay unspoken
I wouldn’t dare.
So the world hasn’t heard
And my eyes do not tell
Outer surface is calm
Heart stirs and swells
Nobody knows
No one can see
The love
The love burning in me
I feel like a flame
Lit by your spark
But this tube full of commuters
Is still in the dark
My mind is alive
My feelings awoken
With passion for you
Invincible love can’t be broken
Understand me love
Hear my heart
Each time we meet
We are less far apart
We share our days progress
We talk to our fears
We hope for the future
And as the future grows near
We have shared objectives
We have shared dreams
We aim to be happy
And both know what that means
Each time we meet
We step closer still
Closer together
One life, one will
A regular morning
Commute on the tube
Head down to Euston
Melancholy mood
Then in walks a daydream
Rock and roll chic
A glance in my direction
A stud through her cheek
Mascara, Heavy lipstick
Jeans, boots and all
She smiles at me
That’s it, I’m in her thrall
She’s different, exotic
Not like the rest
Leather jacket, punk rocker
An open string vest
Black hair over her eye line
Studs all round her cuff
Her satchel graffiti
Her look familiar but rough
We pull into Euston
“Excuse me” I say
My punk rocker daydream
Just gets out of the way
Not sure how to ask her
Was the Smile something more?
I will look out tomorrow
For her, at the sliding door
Quest for Love 
Love Listens