birksy

"I've a hundred million things to think of, But I can only think of you, A hundred million things to think of, But I can't think what's number two. There's a hundred million things to think of, A hund..."

"The trip down south, there’s a sea waiting for me, It keeps my hopes high, keeps my eyes on the road, There are plenty of distractions, my eyes on the road, Not going to peek, not falling asleep. Sle..."

"There’s a grassy slope near where I live, And one wet day some friends and I, Climbed it, thought it’d be all right, Started late, and with great big strides, Moved up the face one at a time, With me ..."

"One more thing that fell down, made no noise, turned no heads, and with his sight not as sharp as it was, he would have missed it. From here it looks like a blank calling card, forgotten name, worn o..."

"Where the wind blows, that’s where I am, Healed up in a hole, shut up like a clam, You’re not coming in, there’s no door, there’s no key, You’re not going to sink your sharp teeth into me. Stay where..."

"Banana crumble, Mustn’t grumble, Mustn’t curse, or groan, or gag, Mustn’t hurl it on the floor, Mustn’t drop it in my bag. Banana crumble, Feel it tumble, Feel it slide into my chest, Feel it drag up..."

"I really need my bed tonight, I’ve been down here for too long, But looking down’s a real insight, For finding out what’s wrong. There’s stains upon my only jeans, And lines from dwindling sleep, But..."

"Twitter, twitter, twitter, said the bird upon the tree, Twitter, twitter, twitter, then he turned and looked at me, He said, I hope the gun you have won’t cause us any harm, He said, you see, too many..."

"Eating an ice cream, in the sun, mind you don’t burn your neck, it’s too hot almost to walk to the bus, the sky’s so blue. Then the ice-cream’s gone, but the sun still glows, I’ve no more reason to s..."

"Across the square, before the bench, there’s the woman who moves slowly, and her legs used to work, she’s a woman who’d rather be not there, missing from the square. The fresh wind blows her scarf, s..."

"Dig the earth, breathe the stench from people’s soiled breath. Move the unnecessary, shred the unkempt, stain the thoughts long buried. Burn the corpse, no longer covered, waste no moments, let them ..."

"I looked a dog in the eyes, or he looked in mine, My song was in full flow, I looked away, and The car was gone, and I saw no more of a dog in a space, too narrow, and calm. Written July 21st, 1999 ©..."

"Take me out of context, Don’t see me as I am, but who you want me to be. Written July 21st, 1999 © on Jan 04 2002 09:08 AM PST, Simon Birks   0 • 12"

"Slightly dirty, hands move through mud, search the ground for expectations past what was ever there. If love were searched thus, would we ever feel it's soft touch, it's delicate sensation when all as..."

"In truth these simple syllables, (the most have four per word) are for no-one but myself, but if others feel a need, they comment, at times inanely, and at others with a genuine insight, far more than..."

"The day was cold, that’s why I was alone outside, by the pools edge, wrapped in a towel, wrapped in some innocence, waiting. Nearly time for tea, the sky, not at it’s brightest, watched down, waiting ..."

"There’s a girl I now know, Surreptitious is her name, you daren’t be left alone, she’ll rob you of your mind, replace it with her own, you’ll think of nothing but who she is, how she is, what she coul..."

"Wrapped, but cold, shallow breath hardly making mist in the narrow alleyway. She cried, but now she’s hardly alive enough to make any sound, quietly looking up to her trash can world. Whilst no one kn..."

"No one can ever find out who you really are, We all have a sanctum, all have a place that can never be touched. Take a second to find it, where the thoughts we’d never speak sit side by side with the ..."

"She passed right through me, as if she couldn’t remember what we were. I caught her arm, pulled her round, I pushed her auburn hair back behind her ear. ‘Don’t you remember me?’ I thought, but she f..."

"This compromise, words over speech is terribly strange, like you’re not really there, amorphous, to a degree, but nice, as well. Communication is king for the afternoon, and, stilted, knowledge begat ..."

"Wearing Dad's suit, Bit long in the arm, Bit loose round the neck, But it's good enough. Shirt hanging out, Tres cool and nouvous, One of a kind See how I stand. Wearing Dad's suit Smell his scent on ..."

"The 9:59:59 crew, standing at the edge of noisy platform two, You’d never know they’re there, they could be me or you, The smallest club there’s ever been, the 9:59:59 crew. Written February 1st, 2000..."

"I walked in the sun, and the sun went in, the wind at my back, then it turned in my face, I’m beginning to know my place. Written February 29th, 2000 © on Jan 07 2002 06:13 AM PST, Simon Birks   0 •..."

"Daddy, can you go under the sea? Can you fly high in the air? Can you listen to me? I hold my teddy close, talk and throw it around, Cause as much disruption, make as much sound, It hasn’t got a name..."

"Utopia's unpingable, I'm sure it was there just yesterday, Sure, it took time, took an age or an era, But if you waited, it came back, Came back to here. Now it's disappeared, Been left off the netwo..."

"Why didn't you answer that, Dad, Why press busy, when all you're doing, Is walking down the shady side of This busy road, with us hanging back? Did you see who it was, did you Choose not to speak, di..."

"Crying getting louder, It's all right, I'll hold you close, Feel your sobs wet my shoulders, Feel your heart beat through my clothes. There's a storm, I can hear it rumbling, Hear the air still, then..."

"Half the house stands in water, So I pee and make it worse, But there is no effect, So I pee in vain. The dog swims past, I'll swear he's grinning, Little sods enjoying this, I'll shut him out, as so..."

"There’s a place I can picture, yet it sits far away, A place with my name on, a place I have stayed, And although this train that rocks me, Then sends me off to sleep, Is where I am right now, My soul..."

"There's a long face at the window, has tears that never show, Waiting for the never man, watching through the snow, He's heard him walking in the night, heard his brush upon his teeth, Now he thinks h..."

"I left the oven on, now its burnt, Now its acrid smell invades the rooms, Seeps into dust, long since rested, Keeps the glass misted up. Wasn't going to be long, Instead now forever cracks and Pops t..."

"Sung my boy to sleep last night, if you heard my voice you’d be surprised I could, but it worked some sort of magic on him, it worked some sort of magic on me, for I will not forget.For Fraser Written..."

"Don’t pull on that, it’s a root, not a weed, my son simply laughs, his giggle’s infectious, we both have to sit down, out of control.For Arran Written January 8th, 2002 © on Jan 07 2002 07:35 PM PST,..."

"Caught up in my coat, run round and round, the modern day net, of string ties and Velcro. Sit still in a heap, Maybe they’ll pity me, give me some cash, and, unable to reach it, I’ll smile.Almost a tr..."

"A long way away, no control over anything – sit and keep quiet, thumbs sore from twiddling, nothing’s more frustrating, than nothing else to do, a long way away, thoughts turn to you. Written January ..."

"Her bag comes from Paris, it seems proud of the fact, and her phone is a companion, she can’t put him down. She eats apples for breakfast, I suspect she flosses her teeth, here comes perfect girl, the..."

"Under the cold shower head, today burns like any other, the floor is wet, my humour dry as ever. Wash for the day, wash last night away, hold my breath through the steam, can’t see straight any more...."

"What are they missing? Who do they become? What do they see? Give me nothing, I'll think if something, And prove that anything is possible. Written December 14th, 2001 © on Jan 08 2002 07:39 AM PST, ..."

"The telephone line to nowhere, let it ring, let it ring, let it ring, perhaps you're not there, or maybe deep in a bath. Perhaps this isn't your number at all, instead a warehouse, deserted since Spri..."

"Forgive me, for I have sinned, I ate the pies, now the indigestion brings water to my eyes. Lying down, it's hard to move, greed is in us all, I had to prove, I was quite different than you. Tomorro..."

"A room is still, green lamp shines by itself in the corner, shadows stretch on the dusty floor, what a state to be in. Tick, tock, through the hours; no one left to find the scene, outside just as emp..."

"Crying in her car, the morning mist still rests above the grass, she’s trapped, and her world is getting smaller. Bleak seems no lesser word, where is there left to run, the world has new eyes everywh..."

"If it were not for fate, then where would I be? Perhaps outward bound, through lakes, hills, roadside café’s, there are many places, where you hope you could go, if the time was a different, time. Wri..."

"Talking to my old friend, pick up the stitch we parted on, easy as a Swiss roll, smooth as the clear sky, he tells me of his grandchildren, I tell him of my sons, we could talk for hours, and not once..."

"There's a cyclist going downhill, he has no main attraction, not breaking any law, freewheeling on the friction. His head's upon his shoulders, his feet upon the pedals, his eyes are on the road, his ..."

"The boy waits at the gate, back now from music class, or football practice, or just about anything that makes him stay out longer. The lights are on, his caring parents are home, what makes them so di..."

"Stood under a street light, away from his house, he's walked her this far, his heart's in his mouth, he'll have to turn for home now, or they’ll start to worry, but he so wants to hold her hand. She s..."

"Writing in the twilight, 'tween this world and the next, I talk a dozen languages, I hold a dozen courts. Where one stops and one begins, is the line that I must tread, there are no more natural high..."

"If age be mine, then there's little point in holding on, I see my lines, and they've grown deeper, I'm slowly leaving, but I know who's coming through, My skin is on my son's hands. My eyes are fine,..."

"I laughed, and found it quite enjoyable, Crying seemed a little sad, Frowning is quite confusing, A sigh was just as bad. I guess, what I like best, is A neutral sort of gaze, Which neither gives a f..."

"My cleaner called Hilary, least I think that’s her name, You have to forgive me, they all look the same, Well, I gave her my best tip, a sure fire winner, Pray three times daily, I told her, and you’l..."

"Yes, this is their school, they’ll get out quite soon, yes, it's quite different from yours, less children to teach, it's not free, like yours. No, I'm afraid you can't come here, it's just for our bo..."

"Didn't think I'd be sitting here, Youth gave me views not founded on reason or experience, just a misplaced feeling of right and wrong. But, like a castle of sand, my views have been weathered away, a..."

"Written as if it’s a quote, don't blame it on me, I'm just the one who tells you, the message isn't mine, I'm not the one who says these things, I don't like decisions, let me sit at my desk, taking ..."

"The porch looks warm, light on, clean shoes in the rack, like where I used to live. Could give the new me up, don’t want to hurt anyone else, just need some warmth. I could be the old me again. I know..."

"Oh, God, I made that casserole, though Mum cooked most of it (before going out), and I stuck that rose under the table with a lot of sticky tape, how corny it must have been. I didn’t even ask if she ..."

"Hot August day, sounds of summer swims in on a heat haze, quite drunk on laughter and youth, we stagger from one ride to the next, some more innocently than others. Then, at some stage, none of us can..."

"His small wave lights up her face, she must wait cold on the platform, till the train pulls in, looking hard through the windows. Then, when she reaches him, she’s cool again, no feathers out of place..."

"Old sheet at the bedroom window, curtains a luxury, certainly no necessity, old sheets are just as good. Heating on for an hour, just when he takes his own shower, the rest will have to just get by. ..."