within seconds of
flickering shadows on walls
shaken foundations
~
CLP 28/07/2021
On Off
without direction
we wander quite happily
we are not clueless
~
CLP 27/07/2021
On Empty
imagination
is fuelled by fumes of hope
I’ve lost sense of smell
~
CLP 26/07/2021
On Cigarettes
he announced I have given up!
six weeks and it’s rare I feel the lack
I knew just what he meant
having given up on us
but he omitted
how raw that rare
how this rare is more like blue
there is still a pulse
when the knife goes in
I twitch
~
CLP 25/07/2021
On Hope x
sand grain off balance
others out of kilter fall
wind and tide smoothed shore
~
CLP 25/07/2021
On Hope ix
however long night
sunrise clears away darkness
flowers reopen
~
CLP 23/07/2021
On Hope viii
words stuck in our throats
escape contraction, open
our eyes, free our hearts
~
CLP 22/07/2021
On Hope vii
when will this sadness end?
she asked, because she knew it must
we both could feel the cold lump of it
in our stomachs, welding us together
when we are both happy?
I offered, to see how happy might sound
it sounded like a bowl of tears
a set of randomly selected letters
it reprised the call of an albatross
fatally wounded
~
CLP 22/07/2021
On Hope vi
we will meet again
that is written, ’tis our fate
yes, all will be fine
~
CLP 22/06/2021
On Hope v
light across hard ground
miles devoured with smiles
alive to what’s new
~
CLP 21/07/2021
