I stuff up the law of attraction all the time How? Oh by asking for something Feeling how amazing it would be to receive it Visualise myself receiving it And then just when I have it all going right … I assure the universe it will be okay if I don’t get it I’ll be […]
When people think of a plane They think of flight They think of wings They think the worst thing that could happen would be if the plane lost its wings Or its motor Or it’s propellor It couldn’t fly Nobody worries about the wheels But without wheels The plane cannot land Without wheels The plane […]
Sorry I’ve changed the logo/widget thingy Annoying I know But New pathways are opening up And as my chameleon post suggested – it is time for me to stop hiding behind athousandbitsofpaper and just claim them (the paper) claim me, claim my craft. So the site name has changed though the URL hasn’t (I don’t […]
Chameleon What colour are you? When there is no tree branch to melt into Camouflage heart Grey Red Purple Blue But who are you? I see you there See your edges As you move from branch to flower Your power to hide is incredible But it’s time to stop shrinking now Come out from beneath […]
There is a sound Between the rustle of leaves Before the breeze Comes tickling There is a sound It is slight The heartbeat of the plant Life humming through its veins A flower plucked In the moments after Remains attached In consciousness It lives in the vase For a day Perhaps two Before it’s pulse […]
The sky is full of clouds Broken off pieces of Styrofoam Tinged edges Painted pink and apricot Cast adrift they bob As I run happily beneath them *This is the longest stretch I can recall of going without a morning walk or run – two months, a lot of writing, always yoga of course but […]
Poetry is the untangling of the mind To a writer At first it is difficult Frustrating And you will mutter things like I hate bloody poetry But as the knots unwind Finally The lights come out to shine Blinking on and off Rhythmically After that It’s a daily thing Of course it becomes easier But […]
Have you ever seen a tree uncertain? Anxious? Worried about dropping their leaves? Their seeds? Have you ever sat under a huge tree It’s bark at your back Imagined the depth of its roots Burrowing down in the earth Keeping it stable They sway in the wind Lose a branch here and there But the […]
I packed everything up in a pile
To try and escape my mind for awhile
Then realised
I had to take it with me
It’s the Leo full moon As I type it’s early morning here Dark Yet the big heavy moon hangs like a tea drop Like a mirror Like a silver plate of my Grandmothers That as a child I used to stare into Who are we? Who am I? We have all these layers that life […]
