The burn begins in the mind Dries the throat All the time Waiting The restless feeling floats across my skin I’m thinking I open the door And the bird flies in Careening Around and around the room Banging into walls Skimming the ceiling Finally Beak ajar Breast heaving it pauses To breathe High up on […]
Attached to me Like incense on my clothes Her brave face Her soft eyes Smiling Despite the world falling in And the carpet we are standing on Sliding *There are no cases of Corona here in town. We are hours away from other towns. Shop owners are stuck behind a rock and a hard place. […]
Last week, my head was different Last week, some things mattered more than others And the things that mattered then Have been reduced to nothing this week I see now This week, the things that matter Will not be the same as the next Nor the one after Or the one after that And whilst […]
Atrophy We are born to die To peak and decline Stars burning bright Until they burst Disintegrate Become star dust Our energy dispersed to live again It is the way of nature The universe We cannot buck the trend It’s not a matter of if But when So live while you can And enjoy the […]
I used to have a little people pleaser Located near my feet And whenever I got frowned upon The closer I would creep Try and fix Whatever was wrong With everyone It was exhausting So I finally threw it in the bin Now when someone frowns at me I produce my sunniest smile And continue […]
Life It’s a funny thing Who it blows out Who it brings in What I’ve discovered is this You can’t go chasing after people like they’re some empty paper packet Drifting down the paddock If you do that You have no energy for greeting the beauty You just breathed in *And my God, life is […]
Everything you perceive you project If you perceive yourself to be strong capable amazing and talented this is what you will project however if you perceive yourself to be failing useless unconfident shy bumbling foolish not good enough Guess what? This is exactly what you project Stop worrying about what other people think it doesn’t […]
Chameleon What colour are you? When there is no tree branch to melt into Camouflage heart Grey Red Purple Blue But who are you? I see you there See your edges As you move from branch to flower Your power to hide is incredible But it’s time to stop shrinking now Come out from beneath […]
I’m in the city And it’s great fun But it’s breaking my heart a bit On the mall this afternoon A large lady sang the most beautiful arias I’ve ever heard Her voice raised every hair on my arms And bought me to tears I had to shove my sun glasses down Hard People shouldering […]
Mistakes are no more than mud puddles When we learn where they are We avoid them Guilt Shame Blame Judgement People standing around getting mud on their shoes Wallowing For no reason Step out of the mud Clean your soles And keep dancing
