I have just spent the week-end walking And walking And walking And a little bit of swimming in rock pools It is my husbands idea of hell So he didn’t come Which is great because it gave me a whole heap of headspace Which I filled up in my usual way Though I did try […]
There are a thousand different versions of anyone A million Each occurring Whirring to life As individual thoughts and dreams breathe life into them Who are you now? Who do you want to be? Resuscitate your deepest impulses Feel fresh blood surge beneath your skin Become a new Human Being *I love that we are […]
I hadn’t really thought about this About personal growth and compassion being a privilege But it truly is I hadn’t thought that being able to make the choice to eat more responsibly, look after myself, my family and my surroundings To make ethical choices where the environment is concerned Is a privilege Elsewhere in the […]
When our fate is taken out of our hands And delivered into another’s The bridge between Becomes tenuous The sway And shake Without faith Each step feels dangerous Control is a myth of the mind Yet we read ourselves bedtime stories nightly Clinging tightly to the notion That if we click our heels three times […]
These are kept and vegan and all the things – they are also made with just avocado, chia seeds, peanut butter, maple syrup and cocoa and optional vegan choc chips. High protein, good fats and plenty of fibre – eat three, I did. You can find the recipe here ://www.sweetashoney.co/chocolate-avocado-cookies/ Sweet as honey also includes […]
Life Duality An ever flipping coin The gift And what it costs you Addition Subtraction Subtle weakness behind every action Only knowing the worth Paying it first Is how we win out in the end
The most resilient life forms in the world Are among the smallest most fragile beings They cast webs of gossamer fine particles Again and again Morning dew sparkles on a dream just spun And I am reminded as I run Spiders Work tirelessly Repeating Repairing holes Rewriting Rewiring And casting their creations forward They greet […]
The word doesn’t wonder how good it is It doesn’t deliberate Nor hang back Shamefaced Thinking Of shrinking because it lacks eloquence The word doesn’t think at all It just is. Fall Conjures a feeling Fly Of flight Adjectives describe Drawing pictures in the mind It is not the word That is heard But the […]
Walking out of the hospital The sun is setting The car park fallen quiet Empty slots Hollow spaces All of this Out here Still working like clockwork Back there The doors slide close On an alternate universe Which runs on trolley wheels And worried faces IV drips Loose sheets on tight clipboards Tighter lips held […]
I’ve lost my notebook The spillover of thoughts to page Embolden by anonymity At times it is a raging fall At others The precise jotting of things I would like to do But Follow through is a slippery bitch I wander around Searching for it This outer skin of my mind If I cannot find […]
