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birksy archive of published lines and poems on Linespedia.
"Don’t tell me the truth, I need to be inspired, Need imagination, and magic, Not facts or figures. Let me dream of what might be, Pull the snow blanket around my shoulders, I want to mis-believe. Writ..."
"I've asked you in today, Because I like what you say, The way you say it is important, And that's turned out okay. You're a one in a million, So a million in one, is it Possible you might want to Wor..."
"Sitting still in the centre of a soccer pitch, no-one else around no-more, can’t ask for a light, can’t get a back scratch, sitting still on a soccer pitch, forgot to be nice to the others. The dark ..."
"Never known from the back, what’s the matter with her anyway? Come on, get out the way, I’m in a bloody hurry. Then a mirror, and I see her, hadn’t seen her in a while, looks the same, but her eyes ar..."
"When she passed me, she looked my way fleetingly, but didn’t stop, though I felt she wanted to. I watched her walk away continued to think she didn’t want to go wherever it was she was going. And then..."
"How many cars pass by? I look in their windows but they look straight ahead. I still think I’m here, but I can’t really tell, no mirrors, you see. If you pass by today, look up, give a smile no need t..."
"I don’t know where it went, I’m only four years old, I put it somewhere really safe, Yes, I know it was made of gold. I’ve tried to think of everywhere, I’ve thought and thought all day, But my mind ..."
"Feeling lonely as a tree stood tall in a field of grass, been here before, when I was as young as a boy. Now I’m old, and it’s back again, hope I make it through again, hope there’s something more to ..."
"Grab the side, ...hand on hand, Get me there, ...need your help, Take my arm, ...feel your strength, Get me back, ...hold me tight, Sides are steep, ...views are great, Take me there, ...calm my nerve..."
"She used to knit all day, click, click, like wallabies doing two-steps, never dropped a stitch, never looked to see us children making silly faces. She’s a pillar of my youth, holds a high and mighty ..."
"While I wait, the knots start to form, it’s been a while, though in truth, not long. She’s a strong lass, a real saint in-between us all, she gives me the time I need. And when the space is in front, ..."
"I’ve lost a can, I’ve lost a bottle, These are my gucky’s, but they’ve gone away. I search the net, man I’ll need a yank quite soon. Laughter abrasive, intelligence sometimes negligible, but without t..."
"Give me your neck, I’ll submerse myself within, the smell of your hair is more than I could scream, but I know I will. Back of my hand, wherever you like it, whisper those words, the ones you didn’t l..."
"Among the stars a woodlark sings, A moonlit night, A morning brings, The frost, which smiles upon the grass But like so much will only last Until the bright day comes. A movement from within the tree..."
"Move among the whipping reeds, Buzz in my ears as the bloodsuckers wait, Soon to be invisible, to play amongst the others. Made it through the gap, now I’ll try that green, green grass, chew for a whi..."
"A tangle of thorns snake up, along and down to kiss the water, then below, a natural fishing grave, sways lazily. Few come here, so icy water is interrupted by rain alone, whose curves caress the surf..."
"Quick, he’s out, come on in, I’ve told the neighbours the boilers wrong again, they think you’re the most efficient repair man they’ve seen. Never mind the chat, no time for that now, get upstairs an..."
"The children on the beach, they stand almost in a row, but now the sun's going down, they're tired, can do little more than make footprints that the wet sand slowly devours. They know that home is nig..."
"We share a space, and this space is full of facts, prying questions that we can ask with impunity, no-one is watching, no-one is there to judge. And when the facts run out, or are simply tired of, wha..."
"You are like me, young man, your father liked camps, too, could spend hours hidden away, listening to footfalls, and others talking, pretending to be asleep, or just somewhere else. Thanks for letting..."
"This page has ripped, how can I tell you all I want to? How will I say all you need to hear? How will it finish? The page is ripped, I can only write smaller. Written January 18th, 2002 © on Jan 18 2..."
"There was a little piece of cheese, She lived down Buttermill Street, Her name was Cheddar Louise, And she fancied a cucumber named Pete. She only watched him from afar, And sighed when he walked by,..."
"With big brown eyes and ponytail, Louise looked up and began to wail. 'Louise, Louise,' her dad had said, 'This is the day that all kids dread.' But now in the classroom all looked round, Trying to se..."
"These dark corners, they hide some, but not all, movement. I sit very still, catch a glimpse of something, as it scuttles, keeps to the edges, sometimes pauses overhead. I feel it close, invades my pe..."
"There’s a beep from a machine, Can hear it from far away, Not getting any nearer, Not getting any clearer. I wonder what it means, the beep, beep of the machine, I heard it all day yesterday, I’ve hea..."
"Huddled on a station, No-one’s going to say hello, No-one’s going to admit you exist, But I guess you’ve got used to that. We’re trained to ignore you, The tannoy bleats the warnings, But I know you’r..."
"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Can't enter any comments, so will write a poem instead, It's driving me insane, I think I'll go and bash my head! ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Written January 21st, 2002 © on Jan 20 20..."
"Nothing more to say, Get down on the willing ground, Let's make ourselves heard.Challenge poem re: Lust Written January 21st, 2002 © on Jan 21 2002 12:13 AM PST, Simon Birks 0 • 16"
"Looking in the distance he sees beyond the moment, straight through my head, and the bridge that blocks his view. He looks like he’s on a mission, eyes fixed in the distance, I wonder how long he’s b..."
"Come to the last page, and it’s the same as the first, what was I hoping for? What could it have been? We never believe it exists, not real, till we get to the end. But I don’t look down, don’t need t..."
"Gotta smile, don’t you see? Gotta smile, or you won’t be me. Gotta smile, it’s what they expect. Gotta smile, it ain’t happened yet. Gotta smile, don’t need you to cry. Gotta smile, you’re the rock by..."
"The day’s now gone, what did I do? Care for the many, instead of the few? Not bloody likely, I’m too selfish to, Just stared at the sun, swimming in blue. Your day’s now gone, what did you do? Brough..."
"New, when old surrounds me, want to be heard, though who's there to listen? Break through the walls, sit with rubble all around me, can’t trap me today, I'm new, though old surrounds me. Written Janua..."
"Listed on her hand, 1, 2, 3 of what to do, dare not miss a task. 1. Shop tonight, take some time, make it right. 2. Long bath tonight, take some time, make it right. 3. Meet him tonight, take some ti..."
"Trickery, I know trickery, I know the games people play, I am a master magician, I'll come and play today. Lock me in a cupboard, Board me up to die, I'll come right back at you, Want to see me try? ..."
"He rests on her shoulders, in her mind, in her words, her smile is his smile. She thinks in his teachings, she reasons on his sayings, she loves in his tender ways. He was all to the young girl, all, ..."
"She wakes, with half moon eyes, a beauty, such beauty, I can look, so I look, but nothing more, nothing more. She stands, with great elegance, a beauty, such beauty, I can watch, so I watch, but noth..."
"Almost together, drawn from infinite places, moulded so perfectly that they are one. Movement, their movement, breathing, their breathing, heartbeat, their heartbeat. slow motion, full motion, holding..."
"Rain, you are my friend, come comfort me, in misery, despondency, come cover me with remorseful tears. My life shows its frailties, through thoughts I dread to think. You surround me with a storm, thu..."
"There’s no more I can do, if I thought an idea, I’d fall sound asleep. As things stand I sit near slumber, eyes half closed, breathing slow, if I thought I’d win, I’d go. But another battle’s ahead, e..."
"Reading papers in the wind, Give up now, the winning's not for you. Oh, stubborn man it's time to stop pushing at the elements. Stop your silly games, stop them all, grow up and let's get on. Look aro..."
"Upon the page, drawn in contours, the figure sits, another age, time held still for a hundred moments, does she look at me, as I look at her? She's a warrior, an adventurer, a mother, fine cheeks, dar..."
"On elastic, I am drawn quickly back, what I know arrives with the snap, it's all I know, my safety catch is off. Written January 23rd, 2002 © on Jan 23 2002 06:47 AM PST, Simon Birks 0 • 10"
"Reflection, I have you, too long have I hidden, too long have you left me, I have returned to be me, Move out of my way. Reflection, I see you, believe you once were me, believe you once liked me, le..."
"Traffic’s slow, watch the cars, as good as sheep, if that respite is what you need. I seek another, though, eyes flick back through lines of faces, tired, frustrated, bang the window, no one hears, or..."
"Cat got your tongue? Or weren’t you listening, eyes played elsewhere, lips shaped around words you’d rather here. I know I’m not 1st, 2nd, 3rd, anymore, but disposable? I didn’t think so. Maybe it’ll ..."
"Amazing the way they part for an ambulance, when someone’s hurt they’re as nice as cherry pie, soon as it goes, though, back to the fighting, waving of fingers, words that mean nothing. How sad that s..."
"The fight broke out, then disappeared, left nothing else to say, so I sat on a pillow, and caught a cold in my hands, then through it far away. We’ll never see the exact same house, can’t believe it’s..."
"It was me, the boy at the back, no new shoes, no new bike, trying to keep up, just to be liked, not doing very well. I was the back of the queue, staring at my feet, ashamed to be without, still putt..."
"Snowflake in the car Windows shut, heat on full, Can’t keep the memory of her here, Have to drive to concentrate. She’ll never sit next to me, never blow cold in my face, that snowflake isn’t her, bu..."
"The picture of prim and proper, she walks with small steps, never dropping her eyes, she glides through the world on her own set of rules, taking in words that she needs to consider, little Miss Prim ..."
"Home is not my home, No credentials any more, Turn the key and go. Written January 29th, 2002 © on Jan 29 2002 07:04 AM PST, Simon Birks 0 • 1"
"There's a girl who's close, so close, and I wonder, if, how, why, what? Hearts move down, dip low, and I think I know where that fate is going to lead me, and it's so hard to wait for the journey. Wri..."
"This isn’t what you think, you give it to me, and it must have hurt, but there’s nothing but air inside, a few empty thoughts shaped into a rhyme, nothing to hide, it’s just something I wrote. You ne..."
"Nothing happens overnight, nothing happened overnight, nothing happening overnight, nothing left to happen, overnight. Written January 30th, 2002 © on Jan 29 2002 11:06 PM PST, Simon Birks 0 • 1"
"The one that looks like a toad rolls down the window, grins out like an idiot, maybe he’s seen a fly he can eat, maybe he just needs to stretch his legs. I thought they were statues, or just playing ..."
"A picture of you, can I take a picture of you? I thought I’d ask, before I do, Can I take a picture of you? A loch of your hair, can I take a loch of your hair? I thought I’d ask, before I dare, Can ..."
"The long promise, I hear it, feel it on my face, but it’s not yet caught, I take my time, choose my words, so I won’t scare you, need you whole, not in sets of pieces. There is a tie, made from silken..."
"Paramour, you are my step, the one that takes me the one that makes me, let me stay. Paramour, look behind me, I need you wholly, we must act secretly, forever more. Paramour, do not judge me, just ..."