The Rules/ There Are None

Live your life as you choose.You must pay your taxes,you must learn to love yourself,you must behave in public,you must earn a living,you must stand in line,you must wait your turn,you must be kind,you must stand up for yourself,you must do what you are told.Live your life as you choose. © Davey Cobb 2023 AllContinue reading “The Rules/ There Are None”

This Is Who I Am

I’m aware of my failures,I’m wary of neighbours,I fret and I feastin the face of faux dangers. I listen to strangers,their ignorant flavours,a fools’ witless buffetto feed my displeasure. I’m hurt beyond measureentangled in heatherthat brushes the hillsof childhood oppression. I listen to strangersdespite my intentions,hearing them singthe ballads of depression. I’m aware of myContinue reading “This Is Who I Am”

Yesterday’s Child

Under a sky of perpetual mourningthe snows of sorrowwere melted by morninga yawning sun that inspired a yearningfor roaming rogues high on romancethat bequeathed their love to mist-eyed strangerswho drunk-danced all night, blind to the danger. Under a sky of perpetual winterhearts freeze and hearths burn splintersgathered and sliced by yesterday’s childwho watches the embersContinue reading “Yesterday’s Child”