This time around,
when an alert
notified
of an upcoming birthday
displayed across a calendar,
I felt no gratitude
for the reminder.
No,
Continue reading “and rightly so”
and rightly so
down the years
you wear those pads
secured with elastic
under your feet
to preserve your beautiful arches
disbelief reverberates through the words
within your question Continue reading “down the years”
personal-best for briefest date
may I start by saying
it’s love me love my horse
you said before you left
I asked where is your horse
do I get to meet the creature
it would help enormously
with reaching such a big decision
…and goodbye
side by side
we drank tea together
in the afternoon
Mia and I
in the cafe where she works Continue reading “side by side”
quiet please!
wherever noise attacks peace
shhh!-man arrives
late at night and during most weekends
crouched still and quiet
shhh!-man listens patiently Continue reading “quiet please!”
make up break up
how many times in how many years?
were we mad?
each time
the motive tabled to ourselves
evolved but came not to be understood
not by me, not by you
not by anyone Continue reading “make up break up”
the introduction of rules
how did we get them
we had no rules at the beginning
we were on fire, back then
six months on they swept through
ever so effectively
killing bright lights we’d lit Continue reading “the introduction of rules”
always drama
drama, always drama
you said of me
and illness too
always ill from something
in kilter with
a shortening of your tolerance Continue reading “always drama”
you came by
you came by to collect something
something you’d left behind
I’d left it, you said,
because it was broken
but now you had an idea
you could mend it Continue reading “you came by”
