Some days begin and end so far apart The sun rises over the ocean I sip coffee, saying goodbye in my heart to my beloved seaside house Hours later, an entire day has past And I watch the same sunset amidst a dusty haze of green and gold paddocks Happy dog, happy I am home, […]
Moving higher Changes perspective Problems dissolve Evolving into sweat beads that run down my back The conversation of those below falls away as I climb faster, higher Arriving sooner, a brief moment of peace and tranquility Alas, the beauty of this place draws others, even this early in the day A noisy group chatters over […]
Tuesday was a lovely autumn morning, I decided to use my bike to go to site (an hour away in another town) rather than the car. I had some meals to deliver for the men, but they weren’t heavy and would fit into my panniers. I haven’t been on the bike on the highway for, […]
It’s amazing how much a mind can stuff up a life Luckily, some people are sign posts Some places are fuel stations And the heart is a compass that doesn’t need Google As long as we pay attention If pain is expensive Denial is exorbitant And in seeking to distract ourselves, we could very well […]
Rain closes the curtain on the horizon Soft dove grey meets gunmetal glimmer Tepid taps on already wet shoulders Saturated hair Fresh water mingles with salt Another wave breaks, and I sink into shifting sand far beneath the surface Lost temporarily in the noisy crashing silence Rising I breathe moisture Floating, tumbling foam drifts through […]
I’m listening to a song I haven’t heard before. My hands pause in the soapy water. I cease all movement and listen all the way through. The song is by Fletcher, entitled Undrunk the full lyrics are here. Wish I could get a little undrunk so I could uncall youAt five in the morning, I […]
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 […]
There comes a point In every trip When you look back And you can’t see home anymore And the lovely thing about travel Taking trips Is you always come home But with journeys of personal growth You go somewhere else. If you’re lucky You lose sight of everything you ever thought you knew Your thoughts […]
Happy Sunday another scheduled post with one of the earlier poetry movies that I did. https://athousandbitsofpaper.com/2019/11/21/the-voice-in-our-head/ Back tomorrow. Stay well and enjoy your Saturday or Sunday whichever it is in your part of the world.
I packed everything up in a pile
To try and escape my mind for awhile
Then realised
I had to take it with me
