Journey of Words

Tag: Love

  • electricity on

    strung out isolatedhearts insulated from shockreconnect to grid ~ n.b. When it gets really cold, the power lines still buzz, crackle, remain alive. Is the danger inherent in reconnection worth the risk? Can we live without that vital spark? CLP 09/02/2022 →

  • on light

    under the new half-moonstumbling hands match fumbling wordstoo dark, or too bright? ~ n.b. Lovers under streetlights taking an unsteady path toward bed, falling over each other in the rush to go somewhere they haven’t been before…absolute beginners. CLP 07/02/2022 →

  • on light

    new moon’s countless starsgiven moment to sparklewhich have you become? ~ n.b. We come from stardust, we become stardust. Look up. We are still with you. CLP 06/02/2022 →

  • on time

    lit fuse splutters, flaresruns smooth, sparkles then silenceexcept our heartbeats ~ CLP 03/02/2022 →

  • on light

    talk to me abouthow you really feel. openmy eyes to your heart ~ n.b. Sometimes the evidence is ignored in hope of something different from the obvious. Seeing the light, speaking the truth, is all part and parcel of friendships, relationships and honest conversation. ~ CLP 02/02/2022 →

  • on Ukraine

    so loud I can’t thinkof anyone else but youRAF practice ~ n.b. On the border, on the edge, on the verge…Russian troops run through a few drills. Here, in Norfolk, fighter jets likewise. What would you be thinking if you were sending your children off to school in Kyiv this morning? ~ CLP 20/01/2022 →

  • on love

    please don’t call nowit cost a lifetime last timeleft me counting days ~ CLP 19/01/2022 →

  • on light

    I rose to meet hershe winked at me through thin treeslost her by sunrise ~ n.b. The full, silver moon led me across town before slipping away – a merry, chilly dance! CLP 18/01/2022 →

  • on white lights

    intermittent wipersbroken linesmarking where to cutthrough naked treesclawing at the sheetof cloudsbright red trianglesblack on whitewarning dartssharp bendswhite on blackapproaching one-eyed carwobbles past close enoughto make me winceand I hear you”Slow down.Watch out for the deer.”And this is what happens;you become part of my worldas I drive toward yours ~ CLP 10/01/2022 →

  • on space

    as I die will I rememberwhen we were in our teenswalking you home, my bicycle to handunder a sky so deepthe enormity of creation emphasisedthe insignificance of us? ~ CLP 25/12/2021 →