Pigeon Hole People

We judge people on what we see

Sometimes on what we hear

We judge people on what they like

Difference has become a fear

 

A young boy is thrown a football

A girl given something that’s pink

But what if that girl is a football god

It makes you sit up and think

 

Someone who like musicals

Is judged on that genre alone

Similar to someone liking comic con

The judgement has stayed not flown

 

Is there a tick list somewhere?

That tells you what you must like

Maybe we should rip this list up

And tell people to get on their bike

There will be an answer

When you think there is no one turn to

And you have no more questions to ask

Find your inner strength

And begin to answer the task

 

You may seem out of sorts and lost

Thinking the world is fighting against you

Find that special friend

There love will give you a clue

 

When life gets hard and becomes too much

And you breakdown and want to give in

Look up to the sky

Believe this is a fight you can win

 

For every problem there is a solution

We may not always see straight away

Think outside the box

And the answer will come your way

The Teenage Years

It all starts off sweet and innocent

At the grand age of thirteen

Then suddenly without warning

It becomes this unstoppable machine

 

Wanting to stay out too late

And wearing clothes too old

Never coming home on time

And never do what they are told

 

They don’t want to be seen

Around the town with only you

And when you shout there name

They look away to a different view

 

Their emotions always unbalanced

All they do is scream and shout

Believing they are always right

Their thoughts are never in doubt

 

But as they get older and wiser

And realise what they’ve done

You forgive them without question

As they’ll always be your daughter or son

Another Sleepless Night

Lying in bed my mind still awake

Not wanting my body to get a simple break

Thinking thoughts that nobody knows

My mind like a waterfall that always flows

 

Thoughts about a loved one that’s moved away

Not knowing if she’ll come back soon some day

A missed chance to tell her how I really feel

Hoping she reads my statement of appeal

 

Thoughts about a bill you can no longer pay

A phone call begging to leave it one more day

A promise to a friend that you’ll pay it all back

The heartache knowing that you’ll probably get the sack

 

An unexpected text arrives in the middle of the night

Struggling to find your phone in the dim morning light

News has arrived saying that a loved one needs to talk

Your thoughts now sprinting no longer a steady walk

 

And now as we approach another sleepless night

The morning sun in the distance not quite in sight

My thoughts begin to open my sleepless door

Unable to do anything I’ve been here before

Please don’t judge

When looking at a person what do you see

Someone different, different from me

We don’t know the struggles they have met

Some of their struggles we just won’t get

 

Everyone one of us has a story to tell

Sometime we all want to stop and yell

Trying to be strong and brave from the outside

One more challenge will confirm our landslide

 

The single parent who has had no sleep

Working all hours without saying a peep

A difficult child making noise in the street

Parents trying hard not to admit defeat

 

So please don’t judge people from a simple look

Just as we shouldn’t look at a cover to judge a book

People have struggles every day and every night

We should try and help and make a wrong a right

You Don’t Know Me

I see you name and my heart skips a beat

I still haven’t yet accepted defeat

Your eyes only see what they want you to see

You see my name but you don’t know me

 

You’ve seen the character I like to portray

You see for me life is better this way

It’s now time for that character to finally flee

It’s time for you to get to know the real me

 

How can a guy like me get a girl like you?

When it comes to it I haven’t a clue

I’ve hinted my intentions but then turn shy

Even in pictures I can’t look into your eye

 

You don’t know that I could be the only one

Give me a chance, if it doesn’t work, then I’m gone

You don’t know that I admire you from a far

To me you’ll always be the brightest star

 

When we speak the conversation quickly dries up

I come across as an idiot and hide behind my cup

Your beauty makes me mess up my bubbling speech

Are you the girl that is clearly out of my reach?

The World Cup

Every four years we hope they can deliver

Hoping to make the other teams quiver

A new star will emerge from the competition

Ready to pounce and beat the others into submission

 

As a young child I watched my heroes perform

Gracing the field while around there was a storm

Players from different countries I’d never seen before

Watching so many games making my eyes very sore

 

Players I’ve never heard of and names I can’t pronounce

Shouting loudly at the defenders not to let the ball bounce

Strikers shooting and creating wonderful goals

Players diving and doing numerous roles

 

The passion, the parties and the BBQ fire

The final game going down to the wire

An England victory would go down so well

But think we need a wizard to cast a winning spell!