I walked the road you walked I ran the path you ran I strolled the boulevard you knew too I chased you down our avenue My hand, my arm, outstretched You, beyond its reach I sensed a feeling, forgotten, lost I felt a pain … Continue reading Kismet
Month: July 2016
The Sepulchre
The sepulchre of the sentiment That stands beside the Seine The green seeds of the linden tree That captivate your name Away, be gone, that sentiment In place, another, quite unknown A surreptitious sentiment One rushes to disown You have no place standing … Continue reading The Sepulchre
Best friend
Fallen from the table Devoured in an instant Opportune, she lives for here and now Like smile on an infant Found amongst the grass Eaten – pure instinct The lips, the sense of smell inspect What to us is non-existent She lives her … Continue reading Best friend
The gift card
The gift card said not what I meant – Hard to emphasize A child born this day in Lent – Parents’ newborn alibi What’s lost is handed back to he – Despair replaced with what amazes Life events served up unknowingly In many unknown … Continue reading The gift card
Conjunctivitis
Held together – elasticity Frail – loosens – breaks Durable – invested care Broken – stumbles – shakes Outer wall – extremity Injured – punctured – hit Inner sanctum standing tall Candle – burning – lit Hand once soft and supple Hand becomes … Continue reading Conjunctivitis
The clarion call
The river rows the oarsman Like the mountain moves the climb The sunrise heats the day Like the lectern stands and cries; I stand before you all, beholden To convey, what promised, I doth say Deliverance be sent ahead of time And the sunshine … Continue reading The clarion call
With gritted teeth – the Australian Federal Election
“With gritted teeth.” That’s how one Liberal Party member described the way voters should approach the ballot box on Polling Day. Come 2nd July and the voting public of Australia had other ideas. At time of writing, votes are still being counted in a number … Continue reading With gritted teeth – the Australian Federal Election
