(2013)
I was addressed today in the secret silent language that everyone knows; except for me. It was assumed I’d know exactly
I stared at her like she was a painting, as if I had all day and night to drink in every curve and contour
Everything he has ever been taught alerts him to avert that dancing f… What is it then that demands he mu… proceed towards his certain fiery… Some deep and ancient voice within
It seems for ages, I have been trapped behind yet another version of what I want to think I know. I was so sure I loved you
God has spoken. I have been listening, the message is clear. The psalm itself is silent, if the psalmist’s voice falls stil…
Late at night; another helter-skelter day, having flown off unexpectedly into alien domains of disarray. So many urgent moments
I saw him for the first time ever; the one who stole my soul away. He appeared in a dream. I had never seem him before, yet no doubt it was him.
Way up there on that hill of yours; that most hard-won ivory tower. Hiding there behind your perfect guise
I’m not angry with you. I am hurting, and as usual, I don’t know why. I don’t know why I cry
Who of you will follow where I’m bound to go? None that I can see. None that I can name. No-one that I know.
These words are crude utensils, with which to touch you, and be touched;
Weep for the fallen warriors. Weep for those souls considered collateral damage. Weep for the profiteers. Weep for the deserters.
I dreamed of being lost and trappe… in a land of angry fearful liars. There was nowhere to run or hide. I cowered cornered and exhausted, my back against the furthest wall;
My father has come to dinner; He does not knock. He is not welcome. He is dead. Yet he insists on joining me
