She isn’t finished to the edges like most artworks are Wrapped around the canvas, polished and clean Not this painting, her artist was mean, and only applied just enough paint to keep the subject alternate Constantly rushing towards the sides filling in empty places as if to hide her unfinished edgeless sides from all those […]
I have a hatstand full of hats And yet usually I’m wearing a bright orange freebie Someone gave to me From OCG As a poet I love a metaphor So this has me thinking Perhaps the hat that suits me most Is the one that chooses me And maybe I should stop overthinking this thing […]
If you watch the sunset with a glass of wine You disappear into the wine But if instead you sit with empty hands And a clear gaze You fall into the clouds as they change From gold To pink And back again Sighing in the blue light When the shows over Dust the pants off […]
Where molecules become air I will meet you there Amidst the transformation that occurs Innocent of our observation Crinkles of a smile Appear at the corner of your eyes And I sigh Tension passing Dawn unfurling from night Begins with colour Streaking But first we lose the stars We could mourn their passing Or be […]
I was not depressed I was exhausted And furious I was not depressed I was ineffably sad and defeated I was not depressed I was lacking in vitality and direction I was not depressed I was grasping for answers into my own mortality and reason for being I was not depressed I was deeply fearful […]
What is single What is pair And lonely? It’s always there for those that are at war within themselves We think that we need a partner to walk this world Not true You can have many hands to hold But until you can hold your own You will continue to feel alone *I’ve been thinking […]
Wrote about this on Instagram this morning. A monk on a mountain will never learn as much about radical compassion and acceptance of others and self, as a person who is married and has children and extended family. The people who love us and who we love (and who annoy us at times) are our […]
Once you make the connection between feelings And what you force yourself to carry around Hate Violence Dissatisfaction Jealousy Anger Frustration Becoming aware of these stiff and difficult things in your body Mind Energy You will see the choice The way The path And set these awful feelings down Everything that must be, can be […]
You can only go so far With what you know And who you are Before you find yourself ringed in By the mind. You’ve built yourself to here With blocks taken from around you Books People History Lessons Yet still you come to a wall that you never realised was part of the map So […]
The thing about life If you’re lucky It persists There is nowhere else to run to When things get uncomfortable Perhaps you try to evict yourself from your head Choose some buffering experience instead But in the end We are here Here we are Until we are not anymore So we are moulded
