Engaged

seconds away, from
lips arriving, already
missing departures
softly you ruffle
appearances of playful
exchange, yet some love
botanic gardens
flowers smiling radiantly
catch the ring, sparkle

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images seamless

It quickens my heartbeat- that it does the thought which should never have crossed the precarious edge from unconscious to conscious. That which was and still is and still to come remains in a silent picture, blossoming with colours vivid as day. Everything is stationary, except the lips whispering of a quiet evening setting sun, [...]

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dear friend….so long

I want to forget the memories and faces, the time spent counting down time- it was always going to be a final countdown. I want to forget that night at the park when we played on swings, so high we went it felt like spaceships flying with stars on our tails. Yet so afraid I [...]

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small hours

rising from ashes is such a chore
the dust clings, wraps around the pores
an emblam for my burnt feathers, such a lie
the tales you hear in fables
this reincarnation brings not future
but a broken flight of a parachute
waiting for suspense

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quickfade

I know the things that are everfading, the colours everbleeding, the silences ever gnawing. The hurt which you feel when you are all alone, itches for comfort. And yet, never alone, never alone but your eyes do not see the solace in mine.

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sweet dependence

Is it too much when God is the centre of creation that I as a created should depend on him? Oh how I wished I was gravity that always seeks to return. But you Oh Lord have been faithful, drawing me closer though my heart has been of stone, though I seek the comforts of [...]

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