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 awoke to the sound of a ding in the dark My phone alerting me To Coles points expiring And two other fictitious scam warnings An advertisement for an upcoming sale I turn it over turn it down Ah to be greeted by a glowing screen A precursor to my internal morning scream I don’t […]
I wake to a grey morning And run Because if consistency is the greater part of art It is also the greater part of health Mental And physical The bird on the power pole sings It knows it is dawn That the sun is merely hiding behind clouds And there is reason to sing For […]
This thing exists Good or bad Joyous or sad or fractious and intense Within a border Within a fence Whilst ever I can keep it there A frame I can reframe No matter what comes along Make it say love Instead of confusion Make it say love Instead of grief Place other things beside it […]
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 […]
I tip toe down the hall into the kitchen Trying not to make a sound Attune to the noises The steps that I take Items I move My God the coffee machine grinding beans is horrendously loud! Having guests in the house Acute awareness rises A mirror shines on personal routines It’s too early 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 […]
I looked under the cushions on the couch The fourth drawer down (that contains tangled bits and bobs) I looked in my dressing table trinkets case Dug under piles of lace Unearthed missing pairs to odd socks And found many other things I had “lost” Yet I couldn’t put my hands on it. I looked […]
This morning I was followed by a rainbow When I looked to the right In the long hip height grass I saw my shadow Enveloped in a rainbow “How did it feel being in a rainbow?” He asked when I came home “So much better than being in a cloud” I replied The sun came […]
