
something will happen
speeds your sense of urgency
so few tomorrows
~
CLP 16/06/2022
Liberté, Égalité, Humanité
something will happen
speeds your sense of urgency
so few tomorrows
~
CLP 16/06/2022
when did this begin?
working inside for decades
to pull you apart
~
n.b. Our bodies have history that in the retelling include an ending.
CLP 30/05/2022
night time but not dark
city subverts day's rhythym
body clocks changes
~
CLP 03/12/2021
another morning
not enough hours to enjoy
all I've been blessed with
~
n.b. Starting with a heartbeat.
In fond memory of Moira.
CLP 27/11/2021
it cannot be found
through the bottom of a glass
for love nor money
~
CLP 18/09/2021
see, you have survived
but how was this possible?
your heart was broken
~
CLP 20/07/2021
Sleep called me
I was out
Sleep left a message
I missed it
Sleep had a stern word
“My office, first thing”
Left me to restless contemplation
considering consequences
~
CLP 03/06/2021
if overwhelmed
put everything down, big breath
then go fill kettle
~
n.b. That’s it for ‘On Water’ for now, I feel the blog has reached saturation point with this theme and fifty is a good number to pause on. I will ensure to drip-feed more into the On Water series as I go. Thank you to everyone who has read, liked and commented on the series. Tomorrow sees the start of a new(ish) theme
CLP 28/05/2021
Unbutton the coat buttons,
unwrap the scarf
pull off the pullover
fold back the shirt
dig deeper
ease through the epidermis
hop by the heart
by-pass the ribs
dip past the diaphragm
get into the gut
see what we carry?
thirteen hundred and more
micro-organisms thriving
doing our dirty work
while we worry about
making a living; surviving
~
n.b. NaPoWriMo 2021 Day Eighteen: Look Inside for a prompt.
~
CLP 18/04/2021
It was relatively early
But my sleep patterns had gone curly
I needed to get more rest
Everyone said it’s for the best
And then a fire engine stopped
Just as I thought I’d dropped
to sleep but could not because they sat there for sometime in the road with that deep diesel engine running shaking the walls, filling my apartment rooms with fumes.
I’m afraid I really wept
When I should have slept
~
CLP 24/02/2021