johnjgeddes (@johnjgeddes)
writer
Mid-Life …Part 2 …Finding Me
Before you find your soul mate, you must first discover your soul. — C. JoyBell C Weeping Beauty I spent the night watching Bell, Book & Candle on TV and then dreamt I found my own bewitching beaut...
Mid-Life …Part 1 …In My Own Dream
Is it a mid-life crisis or a mid-life awakening? ― Dan Pearce I write poems you’ll never read and fantasize a life with you. I found a house— with a turret for me, and conservatory for you. And eve...
Time for Us …Part 2 ...Baiting the Trap
Like acting, undercover detective work requires performance. There's just more pressure because it's life-or-death situations. ― John David Washington Sting Operation We're out tonight to catch a s...
Time for Us ...Part 1 ...Savouring the Silence
Clocks slay time. time's dead as long as it's clicked off by little wheels; only when clocks stop does time come to life. ― William Faulkner Being a cop, I’m always first up—my body attuned to a di...
Pig in the Parlour
Maybe from as early as when you're five or six, there's a whisper going at the back of your head, saying: One day, maybe not so long from now, you'll get to know how it feels. So you're waiting, ev...
Haunting Me Still ...A Poem of Us
Your image haunts my dreams: a lovely girl gazing at stars, and I gaze back. — Sarah J. Maas You’re haunting me still Calling from the hill, I follow the sound Turn down the path Only to find you g...
Twisted ...Finale ...Still an Enemy
The reason I could go there was because it wasn't totally foreign to me. I knew it because I’d seen my own burned terrain, walked off the familiar and comfortable path inside my own head and heart ...
Twisted ...Part 1 ....Under the Sway of Demons
Evil always contains seeds of its own destruction. It's ultimately negative, and no matter how grandiose, how well-planned, or apparently foolproof an evil plan, the inherent sinfulness will reboun...
Deep State ...No One's Safe
We are being watched. It's now time for us to watch the watchers. — Gary Kovacs Covert Surveillance I’m bein’ followed and it’s got me worried. Louise says I’m paranoid and obsessed, but she’s wron...
Tormentor ...Part 2 ...Dark Presence
Personality projection is well documented. In fact, it's the second-most-common cause of so-called demonic possession. The most common being schizophrenia. ― Stephen King The following Monday at 2:...
Tormentor ...Part 1 ...Intimidating Presence
I sensed an absence that was actually a presence. A weight in the air. A feeling that the space around me was watching, measuring me, and finding me inadequate. ― Jeff Vandermeer I’m convinced some...
Muse or Bemused? ...Rave or Rant
I don’t think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover problems. ― Margaret Atwood These young poets Who write of sex; It's the deepest They ever get. I think of painters And their nudes As...
A Change in Plans ...Finale ...Exorcising the Past
Letting go of the past is a good thing. It doesn't mean forgetting, it just means moving on. ― Kahlil Gibran: Starting Over Lorraine’s gone but her spirit still speaks to me. I’m staring at the des...
A Change in Plans ...Part 2 ...Grasping at Straws
Sometimes there's nothing you can do. Sometimes you don't have enough to fight with. ― Tamora Pierce My wife, Hope, died leaving me with two year-old Autumn and a house full of memories and a heart...
A Change in Plans Part 1 …Time Stands Still
I lie awake and replay the thing I didn't do right because nothing solves insomnia like a nice warm glass of regret, depression and self-loathing. ― D.D. Barant Conflicted Two-year old Autumn is fi...