This clear, bright morning, perfectly perfect My shoes, the first to scrunch across the dew wet grass I tear through cobwebs spun overnight Apologising to the broken tendrils left trailing in the sparkling light behind me The birds and I, all that are awake I whisper words in my head So as not to break […]
The sky screamed in grief And fell to earth, where parts of her were captured in puddles In rivers And the oceans The earth cradled her tenderly, wherever he found her scattered pieces Whispering “you are so beautiful, I could spend all day looking at you, and often do” And gradually her storms subsided, and […]
Is our obsession with consumption merely a symptom of our desire for change? After all, buying a new shirt is easier than giving up smoking, coffee, or any one of a dozen other things which people regularly attempt. Lasting change, at a character level, is difficult to achieve, and all the self help books in […]
Who are we when we are not us? I think about Mum who died with Alzheimer’s disease. I think of how in the end, she stared so very blankly. She looked like Mum, her hands were Mum. But the Mum I had grown up with, had already left. And why stay here anyway, trapped in […]
To accept this thing Let it dive deep into my bones, meet my marrow To let it spread its nasty tendrils Down my throat Into my heart Let it grip and squeeze my guts While I breathe and wait for it to do its thing and leave Is difficult Like inviting a toxic person to […]
I’m listening to a song I haven’t heard before. My hands pause in the soapy water. I cease all movement and listen all the way through. The song is by Fletcher, entitled Undrunk the full lyrics are here. Wish I could get a little undrunk so I could uncall youAt five in the morning, I […]
Do not blame the day for what occurs whilst in it They all begin the same A gorgeous vessel tinged in apricot and lemon on one side Mauve and pink on the other I walk it’s bottom of winding road and waist high swaying grass Seeds hang heavily, softly they brush my skin as I […]
How will it find me? And when? Will it find me in nature? I hope so. Striking me gently, so I fall into the grass, lying prone in the shade of some enormous hill that I have just climbed. I hope they never find me. I will just melt, becoming part of a mountain somewhere. […]
A dozen different images are flashing through my head To try and make sense of them I pick up my pen Breathing slows As concentration flows Silently I’m deciphering The hieroglyphs of my soul *we pay so much attention to the brain. It’s most brilliant function is as a problem solver. It loves a riddle […]
The rain asked the trees to bloom They complied, overflowing, their flowers fell to the ground Carpets of purple Carpets of yellow Carpets of white Nature is so generous at times That we forgive The scorching summer The freezing gale The bitter breath of winter breathing down our necks As faithful as hounds, we forget […]
