I apologise. I hadn’t posted anything for a while and thought it about time and then I saw This at the go-dog cafe and jotted down something quick before realising how corny it was.

And then I added a photo that had no real connection.

So. Sorry. Twice.

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A prisoner before you stands
You ask no ransom, no demands
Yet give me love I did not earn
Demanding nothing in return
You need no cage, no lock and key
Your captive I will always be

For there is little I can give
To you who are my will to live
There are no riches I can show
No gold or silver to bestow
No castle for my precious queen
No kingdom where you’d reign supreme

Is it enough that I adore
And cannot offer any more
Than this humble wedding ring
To you who are my everything
My every breath, my every thought
Your willing captive. I am caught

Come sit with me

Who am I but sad illusion

Self-important self delusion

Self-defensive trickery

Betrayed by bouts of honesty

Who am I but blood and bone

Amongst the crowd, yet all alone

Terrified of self-detection

Retreating from my own reflection

But who am I but what you see

A caricature of what is me

A creature of my own design

A shadow that you see of mine

So who am I but who I am

A simple child, a simple man

I know you see beneath the mask

If not you may feel free to ask

100 word Wednesday

Here’s  50 words.

Read them twice.

 

 

The signs provide alternatives

Preying on your fear

Suggesting new directions

To questions still unclear

Nothing that is tangible

Nothing that is near

Directing you to anywhere

Anywhere but here

But I … too old to ponder

Another course to steer

Will find instead a quiet place

To have another beer

Useitinasentencetuesday – pours

Through the forest with matches

With bruises and scratches

As his legs are beginning to tire

He carries a curse

And to make matters worse

He pours oil upon the fire