The Waiting Room

He held her weight under his arm as they both shuffled slowly down the hallway. Her breathing was laboured and painful, and came in short, shallow, rasping breaths.

Retirement

The smell of almost forgotten tobacco smoke hung in the air as Jim Conroy walked uncertainly through stained glass doors into the pub.

To an ideally beautiful girl 2

Second sonnet to that impossibly beautiful, remarkably stupid girl.

Precious Are Few

Precious are few who stand for what's right

Tunnel

I awake to find myself in a tunnel. How I got here I'll neer know. My vision blurry, my mind filled with mist. No memory exists of a time before this.
Gold cherry

To the New Year

A 'sequel' to the story, A Toast, from the collection of tales with a twist: Hidden and Other Stories

A Single World to Change - Chapter One

When Victor sees a giant hole outside school one day, he is forced to the roof where he meets the enigmatic Hazel, comatose, and a talking cat.

VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL ( 1 )

Fear engulfs me Thinking of hospitals Of what awaits Referred by my GP To see a consultant Not a routine visit Fear engulfs me The nearer to the Hospital My heart beat fast

You Wrecked Me

For all the girls who loved and left me

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