Day 2 has me feeling kinda crummy and under the weather. This poem is not about anyone in particular… it was just there in a dark corner of the spare room at the back of my brain.

The thing I hope you remember is that these poems are written on the day they are published. As such, they are not meant to be GREAT or SPECTACULAR or even GOOD. They are a practice in writing things down in some way that makes sense to me. I have not workshopped them. In most cases I have set a time limit to even work on the poem so you are seeing very rough drafts here.

I am sharing these bits, not for your adoration or praise, not to make a point, or make a statement on society, or eviscerate people, but simply to keep myself working. If you wish to comment, I invite it. Just be nice. 😉

Castaway

You think you know
what she likes to do
on those off days
when no-one’s around.


But if you knew
that she runs away
into her books
you might wonder why.


She has it all,
so you like to think,
but it’s not true…
as she would tell you.


If you would ask
without assuming 
that everything
has to go your way.


She wants the life
she finds in her books,
without losing
what is real and true. 


So she pretends…
to keep you happy, 
and finds herself
alive in stories.

Copyright ©2019 Tim Geoghegan, all rights reserved.

I am going to try giving my poems titles this year. The titles are “working” titles and should I choose to refine any of these bits at some point in the future, the titles may change. I just like a poem to have a title… if it seems appropriate that it should.

Cheers!