White knuckles clutch my sheets as a silent sob leaves my open gob. My body curls up as if I had been shot. The silent…
An Irish Parish
It was a lazy Sunday. Getting up late was a seldom treat, The day living up to its name as my eyes squinted at opening…
Home
Blocks of flats on the Ballymun road, My brain’s gone into bleedin’ overload. Ma’s on the couch and i just can’t see How the hell…
It Don’t Matter To Us
Kids in agony at home waiting on hospital beds Been waiting two years, the urgency’s gone to red See their stories on the news, the…
My Poem
They say education is most important Yet my first day of secondary school I got given out to Because I had 2 pairs of earrings…
That Single Question
For who knows how many years, People have been pondering, Asking themselves that single question, What is the purpose of my life? From when I…
A Foggy Future
At first, I had it all figured out. My future, that is. I knew what courses I wanted to do; What colleges to attend. But…
Bullying
It will make you fight to breathe It will make you think the darkest things It will visit you every day, taunting you It will…
Footsteps
I walk down a dark and vacant street I hear the sound of rustling leaves and my moving feet Shadows creep along the concrete walls…
Love Circle
Her face is dry She wipes her eyes Tears drip down She begins to cry, ‘I don’t love you anymore’: he explained ‘I don’t love…