Month: October 2020
Dreaming Track
Am I creating a painting Art In the universe somewhere Is someone looking down As I go round and round and round Are the places where I grieved black Are the places where I loved red Up there Down here Things are changing My spirit is just a paintbrush Painting
Simple
Reading “real” poetry I wonder if I do Write Real poetry There is nothing hidden Nor convoluted Murmuring of innards and thoughts Half dreamt up and hiding around the edges of my tongue To speak them aloud would be difficult But writing them down Renders them Simple And simple is how I like to keep […]
The space between
A circle has no openings No gate To let synchronicity in How circular are you being? Life runs in patterns So do humans However, all too often we end up in a closed circuit A circle Sameness Same people Same place Same reactions Same stance Running on a track We think is headed somewhere But […]
It’s just a feeling – it won’t last long
If you are willing to sit With fear With discomfort With embarrassment With rage With fury With humiliation If you are willing to let the vibration That is feeling Move through you And not run Nor try and quash it Nor dissolve and distract If you can sit with every powerful emotion Every small one […]
A meditation for deadlines and the antidote to busy
In the moment There is nothing ahead And nothing behind Peripheral vision Blurs Deep breaths purrrs The longer you sit The more time you gain As slowly your brain Sinks back Into the present moment And all the fragments that blow Like leaves on the wind Come gathering together Pour back in To this gap […]
The thing between your ears
Trampled dandelions
The sound of chewing is loud Grinding on my nerves Inescapable At this close proximity Between my ears My mind is eating itself Swallowing acid That churns in my guts Is it the taste of excitement? Anti climax The dust has fallen And now I must clean it up Before launch day Chaos Afterwards The […]
Where the air is thinner but easier to breathe
It’s never crowded Where the way gets narrow And thin Where the rocks are sharp And the obstacles become difficult to summount Just around the corner The road levels out But just here Is where you lose the faint of heart Watch them slide away Keep going It will get easier And the company Becomes […]
It’s out! My new book is finally published
The steps we take within is out now in ebook or paperback version. I would love it if you could grab yourself a copy at the introductory price (which will extend through to the end of the week) https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08GZZ24LG https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08KBKRJFX paperback