Steel City
Hey man you got a light. Bugger off kid. Yer mum would kill me if she saw you smoking. But man there’s nothing else to do in this place since the ship yards shut down. Well ‘get on your bike’…
Conversations
As water splashed my face, I realised that it was time to get up. When I was a sleepy teenager my mum always knew how to break through my teenage inertia. A wet flannel and a bowl of steaming porridge…
Life once resided here.
Golden drops of life once resided here. Dreams came just like the differing members of the families did. Now all that remains are empty houses slowly decaying in the heat. All was once clear in my memory, but age brings…
Going Down
There are many things that can hurt you. If you are breathing, then there is still hope for you. But I am sinking, going down deep in a cold cold ocean. I cannot breath, although I want to, need to.…
Behind the Net Curtains
photo prompt by Jean L Hays... I have been out hunting for some luxuries. An apple came my way. I should return to the bothy, but I want to check the bins in the village. I found rich pickings yesterday,…