What is authenticity? Is it a coat I put on daily? Does it change with me As I do? Or does it live eternally stuck in some sort of stagnant non reality That lives in other peoples heads A projection that beams out of them Onto something that I said Perhaps Two months ago Or […]
He asked me What on earth do you write about at 3am? I tried to explain it Probably failed Because You have to know what it’s like to sit in a dustbin full of crumpled papers for a headspace Where thoughts are compressed and expelled like vapour All day long and in such quantitude that […]
Feet Step Lightly on the earth My eyes know how far My mind recalls But my heart doesn’t care Suffering is something the body bears My soul surrounds me like a glove holding me up casting me further down the road I roll like a stone Over and over And eventually the mind Stops it’s […]
Creating Is an energy A force A power That we can tap into anytime It’s free And available to everyone It’s our birthright. Be still Know that I am.. you. A child squats in the sand Building castles Drawing faces, making dreamy plans As adults stare at screens Consuming. A child builds a cubby house […]
Happiness is a dog I feed Clicking my fingers saying “Come on“ “Come here“ In the evening breeze I stroke its soft fur And peace ripples through me Anxiety is a monster that I feed I twine my fingers restlessly “Come here“ “Come here“ I add to it with dire thoughts and panic particles arise […]
I watched you watching it Standing still mesmerised. Feet anchored deeply mired in sand that disappeared sliding through your toes Perfectly still Perfectly calm You stood like a candle Without melting And then finally, with a graceful turn Bending To build a sandcastle With the same gentle intensity I wondered who your parents were You […]
I peer into the void Twist the focus ring gently Snap A flower A leaf A lesson appears Insights descending into consciousness So clear you wonder why you didn’t see it before Obvious now Ignorant before The ring turns back foreground blurs A series of moments Viewed through a lens Who wields the camera? It […]
The wind reaches into every corner Lifting and shifting Whining and whistling Stirring up dust that eddies in the sky Blows up the road, blows in the eyes Not very pleasant. It’s tracking from the north Sure sign of rain coming I’ve piled up the firewood in the space beside the hearth There’s enough for […]
Crystal star Light to prism Rainbow shard A reaction based on direction An inanimate projection a dumb perception Of reality right now I watch my thoughts bouncing off my brain The totality of a seconds computation Of who I am In this skin today In this moment. Not really Not that either I am so […]
The tracks quiver expectantly A train approaches I step back behind the yellow line This one’s not for me It is filled with dark and ruinous thoughts Anxiety fogs its windows I turn my back deliberately I’ll wait until tomorrow *we have a choice, which thoughts to allow into our heads. I can see the […]
