My shadow is stitched to my foot All that is black and self defeating All the rot Follows me I could cut it off, but then I would never know where it is hiding It could spring from the trees on a perfect summers evening And ambush my feelings Bring me low A lightening blow […]
It has rained overnight Clouds heavy, Pregnant with raindrops Releasing their burden to gravity Tumbling into the sea below Fresh water colliding with salty Skittering over balconies Curtains drawn We all lay asleep At least I did I have never slept as soundly As I do out here In this enormous cradle Rocking me gently […]
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 […]
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 […]
