The heat beats at my window
Seeping in to my flat
Staying in my rooms
Like an unwelcome guest
A lobster boiling
I do feel
Unmoving and unable
This cloying heat
Suffocating
Breath coming in
Short hard gasps
As I struggle through
The day
Doing nothing but
Lay around
For the heat holds
Me prisoner in
Its embrace
Free me I rasp
Through laboured breaths
Take me to the
Sea breeze
Where I will be
Calm and free
My mind alert
Once again
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Darren Greenidge
I'm a thinker, listener, a "question's pretty much everything" type of person. A seeker of knowledge, always restless, yet seeks the calm in life.
I love writing in all forms and am in the process of completing a number of ongoing projects. I love the craft of writing and the possibilities it holds. A magic carpet through the mind. I love pretty much all creative arts, music, film and theatre the leading ones.
Born in Hertfordshire in England, my family Irish, Welsh and English, I currently reside in Edinburgh, in Scotland. I'm drawn to coastal and mountain regions where I like to go to think and draw inspiration from. Ireland is a place that's dear to me, and I try to get back to see family and friends as much as possible.
My interests are wide and broad, too many to mention here, but history, archaeology, criminology, music and film are just some of those things I love.
I hope you enjoy my ramblings on here as that's what they are really. I'll let my fingers do the ''talking...''
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