Shed
I gave up On you On us Today Shed my role As fool As lover Hollow warnings Ring cold You said ” You love more” But look How easily I turn Love into surgery I snip away Sever Remove Throw…
The Winter Wait
Fingers bent like hooks Rigid against damp fabric Frozen with cold Twisted with resentment Eyes stare like blades Half shut against rain Moist with self-pity Hard with anger Legs clamped like vices Shivering against icy wind Postured in defiance Stiff…
Finalization – a poem for S
Finalization The word bores into me Like hungry beetles A realization Of our finality The end Pens scrape And I’m free of you Memories are pebbles In my shoes The ache of roads walked In vain The petals of love…
Take Me Down
Take me down to the river Where you first declared your love Take me down to the river Where you washed away my tears Take me down to the river Where you showed me your heart Take me down to…
More of the same
The road stretches To a blur The horizon Shows no hope Hurtling towards More of the same Stones rattle And spray noisy dust Sonny and Cher Croon on the radio I stare at my feet Pressed against the dash Chipped…
Decompress
Stretch up Lie down Twist left Bend right Nothing shakes the feeling Sit up Lean down Turn left Bow right Nothing releases the tension Up Down Left Right Toss Turn Twist gently Bend Break Breathe deeply Nothing shakes the tension…
His Guitar
He plays his guitar Like a natural Like breathing With a lazy rhythm Fingers in slow motion Weaving colours Bursting into imagination He plays in a way That makes me want to paint Big swirls of colour With both hands…
I thought of you
I thought of you As water burnt into broken skin As I breathed in steam I dreamt of you last night The only reason that you’re on my mind? Or is it? Things fell apart today As rain clambered against…
Snuggle up for a story…
Once upon a time, just around the corner… Lived an average looking princess… Who am I kidding? She was beautiful! Average-smaverage! Where was I? Oh yes, the princess from around the corner. Well, her name was Bunny. What do you…
A bedtime story
One dark and stormy night, as the wind howled and the rain lashed, a stressed out little princess hid under a tree. How had she come to be outside on such a horrid night? Well this is her tale of…
