Wild, wild\u2026<\/p>\n
Used to be when it was you and me,<\/p>\n
Where are you now?<\/p>\n
Mental breakdown? In some forgotten town?<\/p>\n
Seem to have an affinity with people with \u2018psychological issues\u2019<\/p>\n
A term so often misused<\/p>\n
For creatives,<\/p>\n
Imaginarium Natives,<\/p>\n
Why don\u2019t I collect tissues any more?<\/p>\n
Like I used to<\/p>\n
When it was me and you?<\/p>\n
Maybe because I don\u2019t cry so much now,<\/p>\n
Not like I used to anyhow,<\/p>\n
More likely to be laughing you see,<\/p>\n
Which reminds me\u2026<\/p>\n
That comment about laughing – just in passing?<\/p>\n
Or does he have a double life to cope with his strife?<\/p>\n
Door open,<\/p>\n
Going to get broken or snapped<\/p>\n
Or something might get trapped<\/p>\n
Inside,<\/p>\n
Back to the wild,<\/p>\n
Wild open spaces, no more faces, looking back at me,<\/p>\n
A cacophony of misunderstood signals,<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t get them, not in the way they\u2019re used,<\/p>\n
It just leaves me confused,<\/p>\n
My mind abused,<\/p>\n
Why don\u2019t people just say what they mean?<\/p>\n
And be what they seem?<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t be bothered to read between the lines,<\/p>\n
It\u2019s just another way of deciphering lies,<\/p>\n
To which I\u2019m allergic<\/p>\n
In a kind of knee jerk<\/p>\n
Fashion \u2013<\/p>\n
They kill all my passion<\/p>\n
For life.<\/p>\n
(c) Gemma Hinton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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