I forget details
You cannot recall the date
We both know our truth
~
CLP 30/07/2021
Tag Archives: Friendship
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 viii
words stuck in our throats
escape contraction, open
our eyes, free our hearts
~
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
On Hope iii
woken by bird song
sun breaching the horizon
without memory
~
CLP 20/07/2021
On Hope ii
chest-deep in your tears
you waded to the far bank
found a place of rest
~
CLP 20/07/2021
On Hope
see, you have survived
but how was this possible?
your heart was broken
~
CLP 20/07/2021
On Silence
when all talk has stopped
see our love’s patient progress
quiet reflection
~
CLP 08/07/2021
On Language
before play our words
excite hopeful new meaning
double entendres
~
CLP 09/07/2021
