One avenue I remember you had a sly eye And I toyed with the idea Of you being my guy And you were sweet And gave me strength I don’t remember Where the self consciousness went As you look at me I can see the stars Cave Like all my prison bars And I wonder where you be And how you are Remember the night I picked you up in my car And you looked so jazzed And I felt so fly I’m in love And I don’t know why And you stared in my eyes When I dropped you off I hope we’re still friends And all is not lost And I wonder if I could Kick back with you I dunno if you Still want me to That I could be your Jess Is this too cringey You bought me a drink Was I too stingy With my affection As we open our hearts There was no ending So the magic starts And the years roll by Like a filofax And you told me To relax As I worried A frayed line of thread Leave me thinking Of you instead And I wonder what You would say if you Knew all That I’ve been through Would it mar the image You seem to have of me You always seem to Just give it to me free As we laugh The bursting joy Saw you turn Man from a boy And I always clicked So you would know that I Hold you close Somewhere that can never die And I wonder if you Have a woman now And if there’s still Space for me somehow Coz I want you to know It’s more than a crush And I know it’s been a decade But we don’t have to rush Just find our way What do you say Could we vibe Like back in the day And if I look to you Would you look away Coz I really Want you to stay And make a fortress That can’t be stormed Keep a place So the bed is warmed As I hold your arm And we kiss I should be glad You gave me something to miss In your forest pure And your deep brown eyes You kind of know my heart And it’s no surprise That you had it all Planned out in your mind And I didn’t mean To leave you behind It’s just days were dark And I scared myself With the storms in A teacup I spilt as I knelt And you were so casual And so on fire You took my hand And lifted me higher And I haven’t forgotten The good you do I just don’t know What to say to you Coz I love you with The full of my heart And I want to close The gap that keeps us apart And I’d call your name Across the expanse If I thought that you Would be down to dance And kiss like you Are still in the club You have all I am In your arms, love And I’d love To be your equal If I’ve written a history Would you be the sequel To a place Where all is calm Is our distance Just a false alarm That can be quieted By your soothing breath You’ve gotta know It’s not over yet And I hold you In a place so dear No matter the clouds The sky is clear
Darragh Connolly is the pebble in my shoe Coz I never admitted the truth to you That you’re so fine you inspire the weather And I’m running through fields of heather That sing me to sleep with the sound of your name I met you and I won’t be the same And you saw me sweetly and you held me long And your arms are so strong As you point me out and then you laugh Could you do me a favour I dare to ask Would you just kiss me and set the scene Coz I’ve painted us like we’re the dream And I’m waiting for you to make the first move But you hold it back like there’s a point to prove And I smile and you burst open the sun It shines the ten years that we’ve been young In the growing, in the aging, in the getting old You’re the Corey of my story that’s never been told And I’d love to hold you again But I can never seem to hang onto men And I wonder would you If I decided I wanted you to Dance in the moonlight on the soft grass You’re name is the question my heart likes to ask When I’ve a moment silent in the dusk You’ve always had a way with my trust And faith that I put into your soul I watched you through screens getting old And the years may be kind to us both But I still see us driving the coast Down to the avenues I love the most If you give me a letter I’d like to post Then I’d send it to you in the morning No more absent wonderforlorning In the years we’ve spent away Everything rests on what you have to say As you keep silence like it is the cue I must take in secret from you Would you answer me down on one knee If I said you’re the one I’d like to see Every morning when I wake up It’s so little we could scarce call it love But there’s something in the moment that holds true I think I’ll always be enchanted by you
He’s not up for one kiss love And I am ocean but there’s a dove Come to bring news of nourishment It’s not many who need encouragement To sail that way across the sea When they find dry land they’ll forget about me But something in his smiles’s forever Not changeable as the weather And he may not be right for me But right now is all I see And he’s got emotions that shiver me timbers He could spin the whole world on the tips of his fingers And I hope he remembers our moment so still And the light catch his eyes, oh I always will And hope and pray your life has been good It’s like living in forests, surrounded I stood But he gave me ways to breathe afresh And find solemn ways out of this mess As we crush a penny into a shape It’s red that we find in our softest escape
The Poetry Book 