Harry Is A Poet

Am I just matter? Or Do I matter? Am I just matter or do I matter? Am I just matter, do I matter? Am I matter, do I matter? Am I matter do I matter What's the matter with me? Lately I've been living life laterally It's hard to progress when my mind is under duress About a question I must take mind to address And keeping it internal has seemed an infernal mission Quizzing all content co...

Across the country, on the rails. Sometimes late, sometimes fails. No longer followed by billows of smoke. Reduced often to simple joke. Yet I'm still a romantic for trains For all their messes, all their pains Despite the changes and privitization They'll always appear in my ideal nation Maybe it's growing up in York Maybe it's due to stories, despite all the talk I love the idea...

How long is a piece of string? Sometimes, I feel as a piece of thread. Containing turns and knots. A frayed string. Never truly aware what is happening. Most often in life, enjoying the journey Weaving amongst others with great accord Every path is an adventure! So come, see who we get tangled up with Having twisted myself a good many places I have taut myself in the struggle Should I slack off my...

You don't always see the darkness in the world. You don't always know where the shadows lie. Who is struggling, who needs saving, Whose hopes are about to die. Life. It's not pleasant. It's not nice. It's not pretty. What it is, though, is filled with change. So, for those times when things aren't going so bad, I'm going to ask you something strange. I need you to shine my friend. Shine bright and...

The traveller never went far from their heart Except when they returned For every time they rested It was travel that they yearned So they followed their heart away Across the sky and sea Finding rejuvenation in the waters In each new land they'd see It mattered not with whom they went If they ventured out alone Nor that they'd never see every place For the thrill was in the unknown And so the tra...

"You must enter the arena my child" Said the father who had survived it all Survived the feral without becoming wild And stood at the end, proud and tall "Only those tested ever get their name in a book" He said with great aplomb and pride Forgetting exactly how his legs fiercely shook Before history was on his side "It made me who I am today" Said the man who was able-bodied and sane Forgetting t...

In my village, nothing much ever changes We don't like to leave and aren't open to strangers Jobs are passed down from father to son And have been since our village first begun Everyone wants to be friends with the baker's son You need to be on good terms with the house maker's son And the distiller's son (if you ever need a comforter) Never, never run afoul of the son of our governor I had troubl...

A brief google search tells me a box of make up can cost anywhere from a couple of pounds to an entire student loan. The reason I have to search is because I have never bought make up before, and it occurs to me this is something I should probably know. In a similar way to how growing long hair gave me insights into the effort and dedication that so much of the population put towards a part of the...

I just wrote something down Hey, look at me: I just wrote something down! And it may cause some people to smile and some people to frown, But I did this. I created something new. It's flawed and it's weird and it's me through and through. I have no doubt there was hesitation involved in its creation, And that motivation was the pursuit of procrastination. But still. It's here. It's here and it's i...

No flowers withered At death's knell The world was still As his eyelids fell. The lightbulbs glowed And they did not flicker The air was quite still And did not grow thicker. But inside. Man, inside. Electricity that had made a man do a thousand different things Made him think of love and loss and anger and regret The spark that had made him once get up on a stage and sing Had powered a laughter t...

Yo, I made this one untitled and I'm being honest why In this world of fight or flight I've got a forest in my eye Wood I remove it by moving my morals to act consistently Sure would! But my groove as a human is to affect with hypocrisy My comfort as I come at all the issues life will raise Is to decide as I ride - and retroactively reconcile for days Some times I come up good - as I should tend t...

It is a singular delight To find one with which you share a passion and flame. As you both shine bright With whom you need to feel no shame. Far to often, we enjoy Hiding ourselves and our inspirations away For fear that our joy Will be shunned and scorned without delay We'd rather protect That small flicker that makes us feel less small Than let it grow and infect To spread wide and to fully engu...

"Hold on, be brave" - the eternal maternal refrain. Taught to be thought, implanted in every infant. The most meticulous mantra, made in the mind. To be repeated eternally for every tough situation you'll find. Have to eat something bad tasting? - Hold on, be brave. First time public speaking? - Hold on, be brave. Getting an injection? - Hold on, be brave. Experiencing life? - Hold on, be brave. S...

I've been lost in space many times Misplaced my way and trespassed lines It's fine. I guess. Sometimes I leave a mess But mostly, it's for the best. Because it's only by going places we aren't meant to That we realise where we're supposed to be. Echolocate our way to home in the midst of this cacophany. So let us sound out the solution to the problem I now see I'm not exactly sure when I am suppos...

You're heartbroken again, aren't you? You've seen life's turmoils through and through Well don't worry. After all it should be plain to see There's always plenty more fish in the sea (This line was said with a big, wide, devious smile That hung on the narrator's face for a while After all, they knew your life and knew the score And how many times you'd heard that line before) Of course, the issue...

This fragile mind was meant for only one end. See, this fragile mind, it was meant to bend. Though it's so very easy to snap and shatter Particularly for thoughts that matter It must stand strong, must persevere For every thought it minds to hear You can talk of fractures, talk of a tear A raptured mind will withstand any wear Brains? They fold. They envelope all info anew If given something bad i...

I've never seen a man change their mind in anger Not while they're screaming 'hang him' and 'hang her' If they hate your message *and* they hate your guts Do you think they'll ever admit to being a klutz? Because when they remember the argument on their own They wont remember the message, just remember your tone Unless of course, they have thought of some sort of retort And then they'll be eager t...

Life is on hold And feelings are cold You have to be bold 'til a decision is made You'll start to stress Just do you best! You can do nothing less 'til a decision is made So hang on tight Stay up all night The future's not bright 'til a decision is made The time has come What must be done Has just begun 'til a decision is made You're nearly there too You wont have much to do If you just choose As...

I lay dying. I should have been laid dead. But I lay dying. I saw Death beside me. I saw her outstretched hand. She did not force the handshake. She never normally needed to. Most accepted it willingly, grasping for her fingers like a child grasping for their mother. Some, of stronger heart, raised their hand slowly. Controlling the ascent but always determined. They always sped up the last couple...

I'm a seed, nuture me So I can grow to a tree Take my place in forestry And start to develop properly As I begin grow into my property Because when I wake each day I see This place I live and rest my head sleepily While I may never define this place formally As the one in which I form my ideas creatively I have no doubt the influence it has subconsciously That we can only ever be defined from...

This is the lament of the voter, let me be bold To experience this just once, before I am old I don't want to vote out of fear I don't want to vote out of fear I don't want to have to vote cause I'm scared if I don't That I'll be persecuted now and here I don't want to vote out of fear I have to say that it does seem recently Only a lesser of two evils choice has been g...

Tick Tock Tick Tock Quickly clicks the clock Millis Seconds Hours Days Till our ending ways Time is passing, Never lasting Speeding fast, forever asking What you're doing, Why you're waiting Should be pursuing, not procrastinating With every falling grain of sand Spilling onto barren land As dust turns into rusty crust Do whatever you must Time is running away To your final day Tick Tock T...

[Verse 1] Back to this street where we began Feeling you could have left something, you know Yeah we're not feeling good Picking up things you shouldn't need It looks like the end of the trip as we know As your bag is unfurled Back to this street where we began Feeling we could have left, we should, we can [Pre-Chorus] Stuck in this place we're caught by gloom Into a room where it'...

Are contentment and boredom synonyms? I mean this question only honestly I'm going to take charge, go out on a limb And say the answer is no. Well, mostly There's no doubt overlap twixt these cases When we no longer have drive or desire Satisfied we have run enough races With no need to keep pushing on higher But I can be content about one thing Allowing me to finish and move on Boredom is...

"Ladies and Gentleman. Please be ready. The ride is about to begin. Get ready for the world to move by fast Because none of you are strapped in" I've heard it said, that life is the journey That was the type of mantra that would never concern me Because we would try to strip it down to the core Like - well then what on Earth are we travelling for? Well let me tell you, plain and true...