#TypicalTiming

The prose is perfect
My words worked out
Excited inside
I want to shout
The verses settled
Chorus smart
Deftly written
To touch the heart
Then goes flying
A glass of water
Whacked over by
Darling daughter
Hey!
Can't you see that I'm rhyming?
Another case of
#TypicalTiming

The schedule's perfect
To the last detail
City-bound
Over seas we sail
Eyes are wide
Drinking in the view
After all the flights
We've been through
Then the rain pours
From leaden sky
Simply never ending
We want to cry
Hey Sydney!
After all my fantasising
Another case of
#TypicalTiming

The crowd is tense
No one utters a word
Nothing can distract
Or focus disturb
Air is charged
Atmosphere thick
Silently wishing
For the winning kick
The pass comes back
Arms held high
Hoping, praying
Tears in our eye
Hey England!
That mountain you're finally climbing
Leave it to Johnny
With #TypicalTiming

Who cares for the detail

Let's just be

Alone, together

You and me

No matter the trial

Task, chore or endeavour

Ignore any storm

Served up by the weather

Let the rain rain
Wind blow a gale
Lightning send bolts
Or football-sized hail
Hey moment!
There's always a silver-lining
I guess that's what is called
#TypicalTiming

Ain't broke

Stop by

For a little chat

Discuss a few things

This and that

Have a look

At the latest fad

Wanna try it, yes?

Can't all be that bad

And pretty soon

I know that you'll be gone

This isn't somewhere

You belonged

Wonder if

I helped you through

This little funk

That you fell in to

Or did my little knee-jerk jump

Hold you longer in your slump

Ain't broke

Why you wanna fix it

It's not all perfect

I must admit

Ain't broke

Don't blow it away

Cause it didn't work out

As you wanted today

Ain't broke

But what you should do

Is rip the blinkers off

Take the long view

Ain't broke

I'll let this thought linger

Look at yourself

Before you point the finger

Stop by

Here's another strategy

Slip it in to conversation

We're calling it Plan T

Useful, yes?

I hoped you'd agree

I enjoy our talks

When I'm not reactionary

And, as ever

You say to me

This isn't somewhere

You want to be

And why aren't I

Helping you through

This expanding hole

That's consuming you

Has my little knee-jerk jump

Held you longer in this slump

Ain't broke

But what you should do

Is rip the blinkers off

Take the long view

Ain't broke

I'll let this thought linger

Look at yourself

Before you point the finger

Ain't broke

I'll let this thought linger

Look at yourself

Before you point the finger

Quicksand

How old am I?

There's a question to pose

Can you not tell from my hair

Or the style of my clothes

Obscure references

To programmes long gone

Should tell you in what century

I truly belong

You say it's been fair

It's a compliment I'll take

After all there's not many

That I receive or I make

But then it reverses itself

In some cruel twist

Was there a point or meaning

I overlooked or plain missed

Too busy to think there could be thought

A lesson there's never time to be taught

What consumes every day

Knocked back without pause

No time just to play

Nor fight a good cause

What drowns every night

In a sea of things unsaid

Blink once, blink twice

Extinguish lights, off to bed

Bear with me, as I prattle in rhyme

It's the only thing not betrayed by time

Remember July the second

That first day

Is it now really

Almost a whole year away

All the courses and coffees

In the same freezing room

The scent of fresh flesh

Sweep clean, new broom

What has become of

All those ideas, designs

Have they made light of day

Or as rubbish consigned

Lost in the blur

And race of the day

Stop, look up

Hang on, what was I gonna say?

Too busy to breathe or break for thought

A lesson there's never time to be taught

What consumes every day

Knocked back without pause

No time just to play

Nor fight a good cause

What drowns every night

In a sea of things unsaid

Blink once, blink twice

Extinguish lights, off to bed

Bear with me, as I prattle in rhyme

It's the only thing not betrayed by time

I look at the clock

Knowing I should be asleep

But it seems that somethings

Will never keep

May be one day I'll get it

Finally understand

Time can flow past you like water

Or trap you like quicksand