Failure made me stronger Pain made me kinder Sadness gifted me compassion Grief gave me wisdom All of these feelings Which people strive to avoid I welcome in They fill the hollows, flesh me out Burn the straw men within Humble me Again and again Header photo: mine from awhile ago – a storm was […]
A shaft of sunlight caught my eye So golden I turned through the window I saw the sky changing colour I watched pink rimmed clouds transform It is evening I have lost hours writing But this matters too Beauty Peace Matters Too *yes it does
Adrift in the seaGraceful ballerinasEffortless jetesElegant pirouettesMesmerisingTranslucentBeautyAbandoned on the beachParched and dryingA child pokes with a stickMy tender heart pities For I have a jelly fish tongueWhen writing it dancesDextrousFlexing with easeBut when I speakI am marooned on the beachParched and dryingI poke it with a stickAlas, it freezes Header Photo: a snap I took […]
Condensing the superfluous to a strong tonic Then drinking that tonic every morning. Clarity is the medicine The focus point I’ve needed Forever *We did the simplest of exercises whilst away on writers retreat. What do you really want to achieve in this life? We are all dying, but at any point, no matter how […]
The bluer the sky The bluer the sea I dwell in the sliver, in between And I am not blue Not even a bit I drift on the tide Breathing *After my morning spent snorkeling, I sat watching the water change colour in tune with the sun sparking in and out from behind clouds. As […]
My shadow is stitched to my foot All that is black and self defeating All the rot Follows me I could cut it off, but then I would never know where it is hiding It could spring from the trees on a perfect summers evening And ambush my feelings Bring me low A lightening blow […]
It has rained overnight Clouds heavy, Pregnant with raindrops Releasing their burden to gravity Tumbling into the sea below Fresh water colliding with salty Skittering over balconies Curtains drawn We all lay asleep At least I did I have never slept as soundly As I do out here In this enormous cradle Rocking me gently […]
Life reaches out and touches us Tangling in our guts Resonating Entering through eyes which wonder A chest that throbs Veins pulsing Nose crinkling One moment intoxicated The next repelled By an onslaught of smells Hairs dancing up my arm Tastebuds squirting Feet hurting And that patch of tree hung shade dropping the temperature of […]
We can go away Run away Walk away Drive away Away away away And yet, everything follows as if packed in a bag on purpose It springs out as soon as we answer the phone The biggest mistake then Was to think it could ever be different And as I watched his happy expression drain […]
I blow upon a dandelion And make a little wish Yet I choose the same as I did yesterday So, I don’t believe in dandelion fluff Or fairy dust Anymore …. We are always in a position to choose. But how often do we take that opportunity, or even see that such a thing exists? […]
