Patience
Turn the tap and water flows Instantly How patient water must be To stay Just there in the pipe Waiting.., Patience Awareness Poise Is required
Month: June 2020
Empathy vs Sensitivity
“Empathy is so draining” she cries But when I look in her eyes She is still seeing others From Her Own Point Of View So many people call themselves “empaths” these days Yet They Haven’t Walked Even A Second In Another persons shoes They confuse being sensitive to other people’s emotions or having sympathy With […]
Soldier on
I’ll put on my brave face And you shall don yours And between us The truth lies over and over as if nothing else matters But maintaining The lie That is bravery honoured And fear denied *Let me be clear – bravery, is not always the stoic face of the trained warrior It is also […]
Portal to dreamland
A plane on the tarmac waits its turn It’s crowded on the runway tonight… A thousand thoughts take off flying into the endless stars Outside my window Hand to cheek Face smooshed into my pillow Waiting For that final moment – when consciousness meets the black And everything fades Fold up the wheels Soaring into […]
The racing mind
It is in words that we think And if you cannot stop…. Think in blanks instead
The maddening crowd
We are told that we must fit Like puzzle pieces into a gigantic picture Called the human race Or we will suffer The fall from grace The exodus The expulsion That gigantic myth – social pariah Some people still fear it Do anything Deface Abase And utterly mutilate any sense of individuality Never risking the […]
Loaded Vegan Pizza
If you had told me a few years ago that I would be eating pizza with avocado on it I would have laughed Now I’m an addict I eat variations of this pizza once a week Ingredients: Pizza base Tomato paste Mushrooms Baby spinach Roast pumpkin Red onion (missing from the video but it was […]
Growing up and out growing
In your head I live in a small box You keep the lid closed Rarely checking Am I still there? Have I outgrown the confines of your mind? And what you believe me capable of? The thing is With your small box And me We are defeated even before we begin Because the answer to […]
Tofu quiche – easy version
I miss quiche I used to love eggs and now that I have black salt and home grown zucchini’s to use up I thought I would give a vegan version a try I found this recipe at Minimalist Baker (heaps of awesome recipes there I might add) And then changed the veges and the base […]
We are all just shadows on the ground
The shadow, disconnected from reality has its advantages