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The worst thing about any form of loss is that horrible moment when you wake up, the gut wrenching feeling that strikes when you remember, and curse all Gods that not one saw fit to answer the prayer to take you. The relief that slumber brought, that emotional anaesthesia, that […]

“A solitary tear runs down your cheek, a cheek indeed. A salty mirror that reflects both your shame and my temporary wooden home. A bauble of regret that will evaporate far quicker than the years you stole, Children, grand and great, unseen, unkissed, how unkind. A part of me that […]

Room 101 was the infamous torture chamber in George Orwell’s ‘1984’. The prisoner is subjected to their worst nightmare or phobia, with the sole intent of lessening their resistance. You asked me once, what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. […]

“I’ve received criticism recently that I am too deep, that my revelations and take on life are not welcome. That is fine. I have no issue with that. I am what I am but my writing allows me the chance for some cathartic release, it allows me to face my […]

“One of the things I’ve witnessed over the years that has upset me the most is the attitude of a couple towards their children when a relationship breaks down. No child is damaged by the breakdown of a marriage, on the contrary, if they are in an unhappy home then […]

It has a double summit. Not in the sense that the largest mountains in the world have but it is there nonetheless. Your legs are already filling with the lactic acid that makes each step laborious but when you crest the incline after 400 metres of steep hillwalking at a […]

“Did I cry for you that day? The day you left me half an orphan? I’m sorry but I rejoiced, I smiled, not a single tear did I shed then nor since. Before me was the dessicated husk of my hero, a man I loved but never showed. Hollowed burned […]

People are incredibly complex creatures. Scientists have spent years, decades, even centuries trying to establish why people behave the way they do, why two people can react to identical emotional stimuli in different ways, at times those reactions may even be complete opposites of each other. Why should this be […]

COMPETITIVE SPORT When I was 15, I snapped my leg in half. Playing at Trelai against Ely Rangers for Cardiff City U16’s. It hurt for about five seconds, especially when I attempted to ‘stamp it off’ as we were so often told to do when picking up a knock. Then […]

“I remember sitting on the steps of All Saints Church in Rhiwbina village as a fourteen year old, having a conversation with my friend Marc. We had been watching a load of ‘old’ women, in their 30’s, making their way to the pub. We wondered whether as we got older […]