Your’s the first heart beat I heard Your’s the voice in foetal ears Your’s the face that my eyes sought Your’s the eyes that calmed my fear. You held me close when I first breathed My tiny body heaving air You woke to all my frantic cries You sang your songs, You held my tears….
Month: March 2025
Oceans
If I could wrap up the oceans
and enfold you in their tears
would their salty drops
encourage you to cry?
The Fall
The Fall She reached she couldn’t help it his words were so true so very obviously true so lined with beckoning truth aligned with all she wanted to be true compelling enough to wedge doubt into her heart like a splintering and a breaking Her first love had lied surely he had lied surely this…
I Wish I Could Have Said Thank You in the Dark
I wish I could have said thank you in the dark
It would have been more heroic
I wish I could have stood my ground in courage
and planted my feet, fearless in the fog
Instead, I fell long and deep and slow…
In the Stillness
In the stillness
the steam from my cup
rises with a cymbal crash
In the stillness
the clock ticks
like a time bomb on the wall…
