There is something timeless about nature Unflappably effortlessly implacable We look into it and feel our hearts slow down a beat Watch a flock of birds circle Even in the busy city streets With honking cars And busy feet The clouds drift gently above A breeze dries the sweat on my cheek And she saves […]
What if we were to spend an entire day listening Rather than filling the silence with our own thoughts and words Adding to the cacophony of sound that never stops What if we were to extend our concentration deeply sideways through the portals of our ears and simply Listen Have you ever been waiting for […]
Could I come up with a more boring title? No, but I did use my most business like portrait I’ll make this quick I’ve updated my “about” page to include a new cleanskin email address (any other peoples inboxes beyond a joke?) kate@athousandbitsofpaper.com. I was doing a clean out of my usual inbox the other […]
If I paint by numbers I am assured of a certain picture The outline is the same as the image on the box and all I have to do is simply choose colours one by one Mechanically completing a version that someone else created And I can say I painted Well done! Faithfully following the […]
Slip into my thoughts For we are all connected before we are born into another day Before the onslaught of words into our brains Only feelings and even those are vague Curling like smoke Warm like flames Then my eyes open And the words came And you were gone Buried deep within the maelstrom of […]
The pressure at 35km under the ocean will crush a human Did you get lost swimming? Stress is the elephant that sits on your chest Crushing Keeps you awake at night rushing like a train through your veins Why would you choose it, hand over hand over hand Ascending a rope to nowhere? Perhaps you […]
Another memory folds itself into my body Tucked away in a file for another day, hidden from my view I am an origami human Twisted and creased Forming shapes invisible to the eye They lie Deep beneath my skin And even when I take out all of these things -flatten them out straight with thoughtful […]
I wish that my heart could speak And not my mouth It would say nothing. Instead, letting the silence expound until all of existence fell silent too Until all the cars stopped The sounds of machinery and labour stilled Until every clock on every wall and in all devices Ceased their infinite tick Until the […]
Today I really triedFor the first time in awhileAnd I now realiseHow easy and comfortable my stride has becomeHow quickly slip the words from my tongue“That’ll do”And out of that realisation grew a profound regret at how often I have snuffled my own potential.As effortless as blowing out a candle.I am suddenly very, very hungry […]
Nothing stays the same Even if I hold it tightly Whisper “please don’t change” Time defies me Life reminds me That we are sons and daughters of seeds sewn long ago We live to turn our faces to the sun Grow into the best we can become And in turn Sew on
