They sit heavily Sharp bones protruding Digging into my shoulders where they alight and come to rest One after the other, weighing me down The things I shouldn’t have said Shouldn’t have done Shouldn’ts are heavy and sharp for sure But there are things that trouble me even more Keeping me awake, eyes to the […]
Here within the parameters of me I walk Unable to transform into anyone different At least Overnight Here, with all the experiences which have brought me to who I am Despite discarding as often as I become aware Of self defeating habits and impulses Here, is where all that was has delivered me to Now […]
All that there is Letting it be Not forcing anything Difficult for a control freak like me I was thinking too much Writing in my head; it had become a wastepaper basket that crinkled with noise every time I turned it Then I came across this video And emptiness settled in It’s peaceful when we […]
The text came through just as I lifted my head from the schedule I was working on “have you forgotten something?” Immediately my appointment popped into my head. I checked my watch. Two hours had sped past since I last checked. I was now late. I hastily texted, “on my way!” But she had another […]
Disassociation We run away from ourselves, the situation, the thinking of things that provoke us The more resilient and strong we seem The further away from the true problems we have drifted I had no idea this was where I existed Away from myself had become home and I hung pictures on the wall Lived […]
Everything that we are exists in the present moment Uncomfortable with our limitations we run Into the bottle The thin white line Of roads or drugs or shopping carts Empty boxes And empty hands Burning Ashes to ashes Dust to dust A life spent outside of ourselves is never enough When a decision is made […]
Growth is not measured in the present moment It is always by looking back, seeing the difference Between there and here, that we are able to take a bearing Growth is not linear, it is not lateral It is perhaps more accurately, a series of curves that only a certain spatial awareness gained from standing […]
The shadow of who we think we are looms tall and wide It blocks the light of potential that shines inside Every Single Person We have to confront this false thing again and again and again And it’s painful and raw and humbling We tumble through space at a thousand clicks a second Frozen in […]
Incrementally That’s how we die Year after year goes by and we don’t really stop to contemplate that we are aging The big signs aren’t always there either I’m fitter now then I was in my twenties I suffer no aches or pains A couple of silver hairs but not many and I rarely see […]
Today I really triedFor the first time in awhileAnd I now realiseHow easy and comfortable my stride has becomeHow quickly slip the words from my tongue“That’ll do”And out of that realisation grew a profound regret at how often I have snuffled my own potential.As effortless as blowing out a candle.I am suddenly very, very hungry […]
