I’ll be back in 2020
I’m taking a time out Putting down the screens Chilling and breathing And enjoying just being Alive on this amazing earth I’ll be back in 2020 ❤️❤️❤️
Month: December 2019
Do not engage the Parrot in Conversation
Eagle lifting Thoughts sifting Foot connecting One after the other Mind drifting Hearing sentences Running through my head What he said She said Barbs that stick like burrs As consciousness whirls Memories dredging What does this mean? What did that? Nothing particularly matters Once you understand It’s all just words Habits People’s verbal vomits Things […]
Writers never die
Had a conversation with a man about dying He was terrified But I wasn’t frightened He asked me why And I smiled Said “I guess as writers we live in our heads One foot in this world And one in the next We walk through lifetimes And a thousand heads How can I be scared […]
What’s the score when you’re not keeping score and you haven’t opened that present yet?
The moment before you get what you crave Desire That which you have been aspiring Perspiring Towards Chiselling away Right before it emerges Out of the clay The rock The stone That step just before you arrive home At the epitome At the point Is the best non point in your life (Until another one […]
Always stay humble and kind
I read Tim McGraws book “Grit and Grace” in the last few days. It has re-kickstarted my health and exercise resolutions. Those sort of resolutions have always been six months on two months off for me – I think I have it sorted this time though with that books help. Another thing. Yesterday I was […]
We already have all we need
It takes me by the mind Walking in kingdoms that are not mine Wanting things That are not useful As I pine for all And crave everything My empty hands grasping Picking at the stitches That sew everything together Neatly Moth chewed holes in the fabric Of the pattern Leaving trails behind me as I […]
Structures and Surrendering
A man buys an old house Every year the storms blow in And he hammers Repairs Underpins Every year more parts of the house are destroyed It is untenable Yet he fights on Determined not to be Defeated Until one day After a particularly bad storm is repeated The man throws his arms in the […]
Waiting for the word birds to come
Be here with the cup In the soapy water Be here with the toaster As it cooks Smelling the aroma of crusty bread Browning Be here with the sights and sounds of nothing more important arising Than dust motes drifting across the room As writers we are trained to panic It is ingrained this thought […]
Musings on Vulnerability as the Antidote to Fear
As power rises up So a cloud follows Doubt trailing action If you let it What springs from the head Creates a twin Even at the moment of inception The idea gaining traction Energy forced to run On two rails You can take one away Remain poised and balanced But it takes a lot of […]
Magnetic Hearts
Room fills up Company overlapping Rubbing shoulders Bumping Into one another With sheepish smiles There are a few outliers But mostly people gather Drawn As if Magnetically attracted We drift and clump Like iron filings Laughter rising People Loving other people From the time we leave the womb We can’t help it That’s what magnets […]