Simply cannot stay away. You’re within me now, my everyday connection. But I sense the fragility, the tenuous thread and dread it breaking.

A twirl is a rose in the hand of a lover Entwined into imagination A lacy twist of confetti and rain

My night’s embrace to dance with shadows & bed the ghostly groom A gossamer bride searching for substance Adrift alone await Life’s raft

How do you say goodbye When the heart weeps forlornly Blood screams his name searing veins with desire Words torn against feelings, falter

Is it his eyes I think so That watching wisdom the weight of years tells me stories Touching like whispers under the skin His wink gives the feel of sunrise…

How the sirens come when the seamen strive to catch the waves and stay alive Warriors all to heaven’s call Row row row your boat

Space betwixt yesterday & today Ancestors linger whispering memories Sing, dance Let bones echo Rhythm your soul You’re footsteps in time

Hum his happiness by moonlight Hush now the hurt No hear no harm Hasty withdrawal Hidden beneath the hay No more sunshine when she comes

Dreamed that I was drowned As my body floated, fishes feasted and the tide grew tired. Beneath an unrelenting sun, washed up ashore an old salt lick Old tongues no…

I am dammed a river stopped My tamed roar rushing contained Left to ponder floating fate Stone’s throw happiness a ripple and an echo

Source: skipping stones across the surface

In one day my sensual change loins afire when love touched me Taken to heights of ecstasy like looking into the centre of a flame drawn to the dark unexpectedly Facing the…

Horses trample my dreams Galloping ghosts of naysayers Left fragile by these nightmares I hold steadfast My hope for strength

Winter melt away Ice floe into waterfall In springtime flowers

Kisses in springtime Soft touch of tender tulips Reaching clouds and rain

One drop in the pool of pain sees sorrow spreading I try and scoop it Holes in Fingers Hurt that won’t be held Stubbornly I tell my feelings “this must stop”…