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. i could not dance .
nor take a dress,
i had to work, while
the sun shone, while
all around is  disorder.

i could not dance for the sadness
of others. i will dance today, in
the sun, lines in air and a gratitude
for all things.

small things.

sbm
No new year cheer in here
just reminders of old turkey bones
and cold stale tins of beer

where stood a few days past
a riot of celebrations
which we knew
would never last
stand I
because I couldn't get a seat.

Oh yes
the underground's a flamin' treat.

There's no favouritism here
it's as I stated
bones and beer

a bit like me.

On this second day if I
had my way
I'd make it the twenty
fifth of May
but I don't have my way
and so It'll stay
the second day
and ****** cold.
 Jan 2018 Ryan Holden
Donna
everyday I eat
breakfast lunch and dinner which
I take for granted

the amount of food
that goes to waste can feed
another family

I have my lovely
tiny home filled with love and
awesome connections

some have no homes to
live in some live on the streets
begging for money

poor countries lack lots
of nutrition  , but in my
house there's always food

as I shovel scrapes
into bin , I feel guilty
that someone's hungry

how easy it is
to take just the smallest things
for granted

yet all I can do
is write about it , yet do
nothing to help

all I have is my
pen my thoughts and my food
Yet I've changed nothing
A thought I had over xmas yet I still continue to waste food x
 Jan 2018 Ryan Holden
Chelsea Rae
At least I know
That even though
Humans disappoint me,
That this soil and earth
can heal and feel this soul.

At least I can be grateful for the fact that
A storm can relate to my broken mind.

At the very minimum,
at least I know that I can connect with something
in a way that I wish another could.

But souls are a world all their own
and it takes a stroke of luck
to experience something that strong.
 Jan 2018 Ryan Holden
victoria
I play both roles of us
Whilst lying back on my bed
I make believe you’re lying
within the sheets and the dreams in my head

A few moments and I am lost
In the vision of you and I
Then the ****** ends
Reality sets in
My loneliness returns to cry
 Jan 2018 Ryan Holden
ryn
Regardless
 Jan 2018 Ryan Holden
ryn
the symphony
played by the water
upon the shore

punctuated at times
by that errant wave
that crashed a little too hard

dislodging half-buried notions,
revealing pint-sized dreams
and tabulating forgotten score

serving watchful eyes
a fistful of sand,
and pays concerned hearts
with total disregard
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