Fiction – Page 12 – neilhayeswrites

Crank – 4 Ways

April 17, 2018 neilhayeswritesLeave a comment

Feeling bad-tempered,

so don’t wind me up.

I could get weird,

with too much stimulation.

Doubts

March 30, 2018September 19, 2019 neilhayeswritesLeave a comment

Inside, outside, there’s no escape. Everywhere I look. I’m surrounded.

Who to trust? Suspicion consumes me. Where can I go, to feel safe?

I turn down an alley, hardly able to breath. Pushing myself into a doorway where no-one can see me.

But there is still someone watching. I still feel consumed by terror.

Who can it be? Where are they?

Then, a realisation. Me. I’m the observer, the follower, the spy.

Who to trust? Trust no-one.

Doubt all, even self.

Battle

March 3, 2018September 19, 2019 neilhayeswritesLeave a comment

Neurones fighting

Firing at each other

Gladiators battling

We all want peace

Let’s start inside

Disappointment

February 17, 2018September 19, 2019 neilhayeswritesLeave a comment

When a child, they are a god to you

They lead, you follow

Bigger, stronger, more confident

Then you grow, begin to catch up

And finally overtake

You want to learn, to improve

But they seem to be stuck in their ways

Even regressing

Unwilling to change, to grow up

They weren’t clever after all

Just bigger and stronger

What a disappointment

My big brother, America

Tick, tock

February 11, 2018September 19, 2019 neilhayeswritesLeave a comment

Dry, wet, the whole gamut

Choking, smothering the sound

The sounds of an old man

Coming from my body?

Surely not!

Things change

Time keeps moving

Grey whiskers in the sink

Grunts of effort

My way or the highway