The room of regrets
People who assumeWalk into a roomAlready thinking that the furnitureThe exitsAnd the people within itAre knownInside and outForgettingThat once “everything is known”.NothingIs.
Month: September 2020
In the other room
The sound of the TV Coming from the other room Reminds me there is still something We call the news That lately I choose Not to listen to And if I’m not there to hear it Does it mean Thousands aren’t dead All over the world That Trump hasn’t tweeted That women aren’t beaten And […]
Three days to go
Issue 2 is even bigger then Issue 1 What is Audacity? Audacity is a small, bespoke, monthly, online journal full of inspirational stories of creatives and entrepreneurs from around the world. A first this month is the inclusion of an Indie writers page (actually 2 pages) Audacity publishes 1st October Same day as my new […]
Multifaceted Beings
This side faces the sun This side faces the earth This side faces the trees This side faces north This side faces east This side faces west This side some consider not so nice This side is I think, My best but what would I know A multi faceted being always shows a different side […]
Wildflowers
And the wildflowers are Mother Nature’s way of giving back to the ones who stayed *photo the Hilux dash loaded with wildflowers we were collecting happily from the paddock. It’s been a very rough decade long drought for those in far south west Queensland. It takes resilience and faith to stick out the dry periods. […]
Porous
Porous We think our skin is solid But it’s porous And everything around us is absorbed Sinking Deeper And deeper Until we cannot fathom What is there at all Nor what is missing Instead, there is just that vague Feeling Of discomfort Like something indecipherable written in chalk Being drawn lightly down the backbone of […]
Building walls
To be angry And defensive Is to cut a moat Set sail solo in a boat Into the middle of a storm tossed ocean To be angry at the world Is to machine gun strife Everyone alive That is trying to help you To be angry at the world Is to take an axe To […]
Crickets and the sound of leaves rustling…
Hi guys I have a new blog just for Audacity, with what’s going on it won’t be as prolific as this one but I would like it to be a different style of writing to this one. You can find it here https://AudacityMagazine.online I would love some followers to get it off the ground as […]
Gusty out of nowhere sometimes
Tonight The wind came out of nowhere One minute it was still and quiet Humid Drawn in close and heavy And the next The wind roared in causing the chairs on the deck To bang Things were flapping about And the rain Came pouring down The weather mood shifted and tossed Eventually settling into a […]
Eyes and mirrors
Sitting in a park avoiding People Sinking my feet in the grass Even as I wiggle about Wondering Is it the people? Or the reflections they bring That I try and sort out Mirrors That I don’t wish to peer in right now I’ll go back to the world in a minute But just for […]