Low Wattage

Low Wattage

you miss a version of me 

who no longer exists.

the one who doesn’t 

shadow a room upon entering.

and for that, I am sorry.

but if you pause 

in your silent judgment,

you will find your hand 

on the switch.

Somewhere I Am Not

Somewhere I Am Not 

Let us go then, you and I. 

T. S. Eliot 

Broken. Repeated. Plagiarized. 

I am never gonna survive. 

Ready or not, it doesn't matter. 

I disturb the universe. 

Pinned, wriggling through life. 

I can't run away, so I take it slowly. 

Is this theft? 

Words from one generation or another. 

I can try. 

Quick now. 6 7. 

A third generation. 

What comes next? 

I know the I's already. 

I sit 180 degrees from the regular. 

I grow old 

But not yet at my breaking point. 

So I search for the mermaids singing. 

Coincidences with no consequences. 

If every meaningful sentence has already been spoken, 

What exactly am I supposed to do? 

Find me, lost, 

Knowing exactly where I am. 

Robert Lloyd

30 june 2026

Set Adrift

"Set Adrift"

The wind was peppered with a gulls cry

As her hair bounced loosely

Upon her shoulders

She stood alone

Challenging the world

Dressed for the occasion

Her thoughts were swallowed by loneliness

Who will catch me if jump?

She whispered with a sad smile

Her tears fell into the void

Tracing a well traveled path upon her cheeks

Her panicked heart beat began to slow

Calm replaced ache

It was an epiphany

When the wind faltered and stopped

Only silence remained

Robert Lloyd