It’s said that we can find meaning in anything, and indeed this is true. But so too can anything feel meaningless... Although the hardest part is when something that we once found so vitally important...

One of my more cynical poems for sure but one that I truly believe. For even though we might talk a big game about "everyone's a winner!" but life is and always will be a competition and nothing stays...

Sometimes the darkness consumes the light, and we fall with grace... You can find a spoken word of this poem here on my Youtube Channel, copy and paste this link "https://youtu.be/Vc4IaN960rs" if you...

In a relationships, when the ego's desire goes unfulfilled the hatred it feels can often blind the heart to it's true feelings and cause us to forget the goodness that once existed between us. But let...

Lust is love's most destructive imposter. Destroying it's good name and ruining it's prosperity! You can find a spoken word version of this poem on my YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/Pq_Hyc7vXwc Or...

An existential crisis is often the target of derision and humour, but if you ever find yourself trapped within one then it is not so easily dismissed nor denied. This poem was the end result of my own...

The emptiness left behind by so much lost to time... (You can find my spoken work poems by searching #thoughtsofsteel on YouTube :-)

“Reminisce” is a poem that I wrote back in 2007 after my life as I knew it completely collapsed! Though rather depressive and defeatist this poem really speaks to me even now, as I recently suffered a...

When you have lived in a place for a long time it can feel as though you are surrounded by an endless parade of past moments both the good and the bad. This is however especially hard when you find yo...

Mental Health Issues can be a battle, where emotions can become the frontline... You can find my spoken word poems on my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxI0ubiC0fHcJgV68sqI6Q

I've been a naturally quiet person my whole life and I've felt like an alien because of it numerous times... I have a spoken word version of this on my YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/_AOir6iAkYQ ...

That moment when we witness our illusion collapse, when the ideals of a strong and stable lifestyle crumble to the ground it changes our perception of the world forever. I have a spoken word version ...

I've always believed in balance. That the same blue sky knows both the sunlight and the rain clouds. That the same ocean knows the calm as well as the storm. So I also believe that a heart stained wit...

It's ok to help build the dreams of others, as long as you don't sacrifice your own in the process... I have a spoken word version of this philosophy on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/h2eDeabpK...

As we grow, we sometimes grow apart, it's just how life can be... You can find my spoken word poems by searching #thoughtsofsteel on YouTube :-) Best wishes and keep writing <3 Westley xx

Love always persists.... I have a spoke word version of this poem on my YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/UHV45vOkyn4 Best wishes and keep writing <3 Westley xx

Apathy is one of the worst experiences in life! For while caring can be hard, not caring about anything or anyone is often the hardest of all... I have spoken word versions of many of my poems which ...

That feeling on when two hearts connect entirely is out of this world <3 I have a spoken word version of this poem on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/vmT3hUmfIiY You can also find my videos by s...

When my Father died it was rather surreal, because it happened so fast and without warning. You kind of just get thrown into new world without so much as a second to say goodbye to the old... I have ...