A tree sitting in the garden Locked into place Held by roots, it cannot escape And yet it changes Season cycles turn green to brown Faded leaves fall and flutter to the ground Snakes that expand and lose their skin Growing a new one they begin again A cliff face may take a thousand years […]
Simple is as simple does Such a simple thought and yet we love to convolute Expanding situations into troublesome affairs And wondering why no one understands that we just want simple Causing chaos and stirring up drama the interior turmoil spills over and burns someone who goes on to think we are an overly dramatic […]
If the year that was Is now over Let me leave it there I don’t want to take this lesson again Squeezed Through another pattern of stars The constellation of a life Burnt energy falling to earth Muffled into conformity Repeating steps built like code Into DNA Puppet on strings I follow the trail Higher […]
The fluttering wind of a flock of birds wings Taking to the sky Scared from the grass They rise Feathers stroking, seeking Height In the flurry Forgotten A bird rests on the ground She will not rise Her time has flown Soft eyes Closing It seems a gentle thing Death Sad But really Isn’t it […]
Life is light and shade High and low Good and bad Our energy is evenly distributed Between two currents We batteries Require negative And positive experience To run us A 50% elixir Seems to be the mixer That works Sweet. Although I knew this It wasn’t until recently I realized that I could manipulate the […]
Happy Sunday another scheduled post with one of the earlier poetry movies that I did. https://athousandbitsofpaper.com/2019/11/21/the-voice-in-our-head/ Back tomorrow. Stay well and enjoy your Saturday or Sunday whichever it is in your part of the world.
Fear Paralysing Heat rushing Heart sinking Shame Shame Shame The fear of failing being seen as lame lame lame I’ve had all these fears All these moments Again and Again and again And I’m still alive There is a second sometimes when I post something Where I literally have to walk through a brick wall […]
It comes from the gut What to do Where to go And if ignored This advice often has deep repercussions It comes from the heart Who to be Whom to love And if ignored This advice often has deep repercussions It comes from the brain The idea to ignore both these other organs And if […]
As I hear you hurl your breakfast Into the loo I think to myself Well things don’t always go according to plan And I pop another Panadol To take the edge of my tooth pain And I think to myself Well things don’t always go According To Plan And I rifle through my suitcase Looking […]
It’s been a couple of days since I was last writing on the blog. The header photo was the last day of our holiday at the beach. The storm clouds seemed to be a portent of some kind. Perhaps they were. It’s been busy. We have been travelling home from holidays, sorting and organising, unpacking. […]
