How long does something stay in the mind? A ridiculous amount of time It seems Cobwebs woven across neurons Catch my softened eyelids Jerking me into a memory laid down Years ago A skin I no longer own I guess it used to be But now? Meaningless Like Thumbing through clothes That used to fit […]
Nature doesn’t change because you want her to Nor does she listen If you wish to argue with her current status Nature doesn’t bend to the whimsy of others And I’ve never heard a tree complain Even when it is struck asunder by lightning Nor the ground run away frightened By the intensity of the […]
We see skin And think it solid Surface appearance That we acknowledge as if the coatings Around those edges are finite Representative Of the individual within They are not. For we are spirits blending and dissolving Into God Someone asked me “What religion do you tick on the statistics” I said none Because I only […]
Talk to me of silence How it pools How it rolls How it covers the bowed shoulders With a soothing warm glow Talk to me of silence How it allows the lungs to breathe And the softer sounds of birdsong Come drifting the breeze Talk to me of silence Except then there wouldn’t be any […]
I choose the pasta Take the bag Pile it all in Smile And swipe my card Speak to an acquaintance Tick the list Yet underneath I’m writing poetry Trying to make sense Of the thoughts as they pass Lost in the beauty Of a sky Darkening Colours fading As I walk to where I parked […]
At some stage You become enough And when people walk away You don’t chase If they feel inclined to stay That’s nice Some may prevaricate Standing on the threshold They may threaten you with their absence Or not call Write Hoping you will close your eyes And yearn But don’t, because This is thing they […]
Transformation in the human Is not so obvious as in nature We arrive at the melting pot And overthink The very brink At which it occurs Repeatedly. The caterpillar doesn’t know How not to grow It follows instinct into the cocoon Obliterated it waits Its wings don’t appear They self create And at some point […]
Mary Oliver goes to the woods And I go to my garden Epiphanies bloom like flowers I inhale aromatics Taste parsley and mint Coriander and sage Make herbal teas from the Rosella Lemon balm And thyme Bundles of chives, Kale Bok choy Choy sum And the common lettuce Are added to my breakfast I pluck […]
Iwho have often hid in the midst of noiseLaughterTurning aside the more penetrating gazeWith a wall of clever wordsIWho thought the cocoon only produced butterfliesTurns outPhoenix and dragonsRise on wings of silencefrom jagged tooth wombs And the birth means annihilation To the bearer She died I was born And now I wear the scars that […]
I must learn Not to let them loose These words inside build up Spill over It’s difficult If I let them run I am empty and peaceful But then Somethings should stay within Even though they eat With sharp teeth And go round and round When you have so many words You have to be […]
