Quite a wiz with needle and thread Darn the holes,pushed through the soul Helped me recover kept out the dread New thinking cap,new ideas in the head Vaulting over obstacles Taking no hostages Quite a wiz with needle and thread Sewed an emergency jacket, before going to bed Smooth out the creases, cut some new… Continue reading Wiz with needle and thread
Category: Grief,
Relationship Dichotomy
Light Dark Dusk Dawn Lucidity Confusion Tragedy Comedy Divided in half Moveable Feast Moving Continuum Emotional Turmoil Love Hate Wish I knew Past Future Relationship Dichotomy
You have gone
Grief shatters my heart As my love vanishes Taking flight on wings of gossamer My soul, despairing Silence surrounds me like a wall My feet feel stuck to the floor A void opening at my feet The taste of ashes in my mouth You have gone
Pearl
Creamy lustred iridescence Pearl made from the very essence Formed from grit inside the shell Discomfort, for the occupant as well Pearl to me you have gifted Pleasure paramount, each time twas lifted Now the pearl is a symbol Of love lost, sacrificial Tiny irritations grew Sank like sand inside my shell The only pearl… Continue reading Pearl
Happiness mislaid
Happiness lost Emotion strained Tears slipping down Into a lake of pain Darkness hovering Misery filtering Love dispelled Days of hell Realisation, life goes on Going to be hard Missing your song Climbing the peak To reach the top New vista stretching Freefall the drop New love out there Will one day find Find other… Continue reading Happiness mislaid
one memory
If you could keep but one memory Jut a single memory from your past What would you hold close to you From all your lifes repast Could you distill all that was important When life doesnt come by installment Would you systematically discard all the dross Memories unimportant, trival or gross Left with the treasures,… Continue reading one memory
Walk by the sea
Aromatic plants remind me of the scent of you As I close my eyes, imprinted with your image, true I hold back a sob, as your loss cuts me deep I seem to miss you badly, waking or asleep As I walk by the sea, and breathe the air, ladened with brine I replay our… Continue reading Walk by the sea
Gossamer wings
You brushed my life, with gossamer wings Held captivated by your promises of things Then you flew away, leaving an indelible mark A gap, a need, a place that felt so dark Changing my soul forever, all for naught But the life cycles of butterflies are short From this memory springs Love,Yearning,Sadness, Learning and Strength
Love overdrawn
Alone together Together alone Living in parallel A house not a home Meeting and parting Drifting along Communication sporadic Love overdrawn Small acts of kindness Oil life’s wheels Misunderstandings Divisions reveals Resigned to the status quo Or the status quo resigned Which is the easiest Need to decide Alone Together Together alone Is the grass… Continue reading Love overdrawn
Serendipitous soliloquy.
Serendipitous soliloquy Does this tirade scan iambically I pace the floor while shouting my declaimation Trying to rid myself of my consternation You swore you loved me, You chased and wooed me I began to trust and became your devotee How could I become sucked in to this morass I am feeling such an ass… Continue reading Serendipitous soliloquy.
