Tag: Poetry community
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happier ever after
Happily ever after? Isn’t that theairily never fairy tale let down thatpast overt set down left you to drowngiven over to the boredrum of living forever in frozen animation? setting aside the invisible avalanche of broken promises backfilled by theinevitable gaslighting punctuated by theinward silences for years till the final byword.afterwards amongst the rubble,that’s me…
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Small talk makes the man(osphere)
I lie awake and wait and hope… That I won’t have to memorise, Footy scores and cricket stats, Weather charts and car parts, Rehashed advice and cliched epithets…
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That Banned Phrase (For those in Queensland (Australia))
That Banned Phrase (For those in Queensland)
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Comfort
There’s no contorting reply, Not even an empty echo, Just the absorption of silence. I call out and my words – suffocate ? – before I draw breath leaving me wondering… will this warmth be now receding… But perhaps it’s because, you’re holding me – so closely, and quietly – that i never felt there…
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The hidden secret word
I like you more than you like me unless… you are once again – so perfectly – correcting me.
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her daughter’s twilight
My daughter’s fear is – that my nights are lengthening – And mine for her is – that her twilight is approaching – And – as is her wont – she is again postponing – The autumn inevitable – until new winter’s beginning –
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My father’s hands
Though evaporated now, I will always see, His fingers, his hands, my father ever searching for me.
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Strength from your arm
Tiptoeing at first, dancing freely heart touched along the path to set myself free.
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Next Valentine’s Day
It’s been weeks now – glimmers of hope surround me, padding slowly, silently around him – starting to erase the usual doubts, choosing tones dulcet around him -leading up to Valentine’s Day.Meantime each day closer now -the air presses upon me -humidity enveloping around me -softer my voice slower now – sifted words more gently…
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my calling leads me closer to home
I could easily shake that dust away – venture outwards – though I’d rather stay -postpone the first step till tomorrow or, better yet, mid-breadth, stay in again -Or pause, forget, and wait for a cloudless day…Instead I chose to seek the calling that leads me closer to home.Yet though I live in continual contemplation,Trying…
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Why haven’t you smiled these last ten years?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile. Why haven’t you smiled these last ten years? Well if I may be permitted to speak,
