Siberian winds sweep across the land baby snowfall leave footprints in the sand icicles of love whisper reach out your hand frozen listen to the music of the band numb you have been too long warm your heart by the burning log wrap up do up the anorak togs feel safe and snug let me […]
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Poem a day Challenge #6 Heart-Shaped
Jul 31
the void heart-shaped like cinders and the glass slippers fits like a glove the catsuit olivia had to be sewn into in grease matches mine exactly the hollow silence mouth-shaped parallel words swallowed back never to see the light of day nor the black of night the hand reached out finding none to return the call the […]
Colours of Love
Jul 31
Love is a chameleon changing merging into the background Love is the colour crimson bleeds you dry drop by drop Love is the colour blue fucks with your head Love is the colour orange dazzles with the light Love is the colour black buries in the dark well of despair Love is the colour […]
Life Laundry
Jul 31
separate the pain anger resentment into piles read the labels carefully add in a tab of forgiveness don’t forget the fabric conditioner of forgetfulness select the programme of letting go take out dry on the line under the burning sun blown by the breath of life fresh air smelling of sweet red roses freshly mowed […]
Poem a day challenge #5 Voices
Jul 29
Voices in me head so many so myriad which one will take the director’s chair today Will it be the anarchist teenager with loads of spunk the hurting unwanted child the sad middle aged wife dumped the scolding parent pointing the finger I told you so not good enough again see rejected thrown out with […]
Cease
Jul 29
O beautiful gentle voiced healing touch woman personified cease toiling trying be Ditch that perpetual damn stick let yourself off the hook extend compassion love wounded little girl patient waiting in the wings Come take my hand hear ocean roar crashing waves suck away trauma pain catch your reflection in tidal luminous moon love the person gazing back smile just be Cease […]
Loss
Love
towards the end we lay careful
not to touch and
you said maybe love is not
enough
i thought if love is not
enough
what is
perhaps
it is
you simply didn’t recognise
mistook it for something else
you were not ready for the gift
one day you may realise
grass is not greener on the other side
what you tastes is diluted
love
feel a pang of regret
know
you’ve been a
fool
Kindness of strangers
Jul 28
For Ray Ferrer Waltzing licks of flames of kindness Butterfly descending on soul in darkness Chink of light in deep black well Not laughing inside I am dying Not many perks to cancer Except kindness of strangers Warm blanket wrapped round homeless soul Squeeze of the hand Tissue to wipe your tears A lifeline thrown
Memory Lane
Jul 28
Memory Lane Ebbing flow of joy deep Sorrow Words images thoughts Borrow When pain doubles us up Burrow Sometimes truth hard to Swallow But there is always Tomorrow