Cleansing sea wash over meSkin scrubbed away by wind whipped sandAm I new again?Reborn and reset?Will the memories of you pour out of my mindlike salt sea from my ears?Will my heart restart from the poundingwaves against my chest?No longer a dead man floating at the mercy of life'swaters but alive and swimming against the … Continue reading Against The Tide
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Alpine Green
Like a breath of air through alpine green I still see him there I've been healing inside this dream out of focus in life it seems Nobody else for miles around Me and him inside this silence, loud I wake up, see that I'm still bleeding Reality no longer bound So I drift back to … Continue reading Alpine Green
‘Good Vibes’ I wanted to die
My T-shirt said 'Good Vibes', it was new. My dad had passed away, I was fresh out of a toxic relationship and I hadn't been back from Spain long. I was getting ready to go out and feel seen, smiling in my room for selfies I would never post, seemingly happy even to myself. I … Continue reading ‘Good Vibes’ I wanted to die
Haiku
Hope is a starling. I cried for a whole damn week. We cut all the ropes. Freedom is a swing. All the dead leaves are gone now. Pink skin in the spring. I wrote it all down. Love was left by the ocean. let me sing to you. Love is not a game. He taught … Continue reading Haiku
The First Snow
The tire tracks his car had left upon my drive were still there by morning, I cried at the sight of them as I smoked a morning cigarette and drank my coffee. I didn't feel the morning chill clawing at my dressing gown nor did I acknowledge the pounding in my head as the headache … Continue reading The First Snow
Hidden Messages
To my love, Never in a million years did i think I'd meet someone like you. The confidence you've given me and the hope you've shown me is something I can never thank you enough for! One day you'll read this note and i hope it makes you smile. One day soon we will live … Continue reading Hidden Messages
I Wrote A Book (update)
So, it’s happening! My book is becoming a reality. I’m actually going to see my book in print. Don’t get me wrong I still have a lot to do, images to select, edit and place, a few sections to thin down or bulk up but for the most part it is all coming together and … Continue reading I Wrote A Book (update)
Delete
Delete One after another and repeat I watched our Christmas disappear first Your birthday vanished soon after With every hit of the button, the knot in my stomach tightened Delete I opened the file, Paris Emotions torn from my mind Faded were your eyes the whole time Gone now though to a place I’ll never … Continue reading Delete
The Conversation
Wanna sit here? It’s been a while I know.I’ve been busy being someone’s future.(sips coffee)It’s all so insane to me and I’ve never had this feeling before.He doesn’t mind that I speak my mind, he likes that.(looks down with a smirk)Almost fucked it up? Absolutely he did but we worked through that.Of course, I was … Continue reading The Conversation
If I Died
Still, time and space stop If I died, I wouldn’t mind My eyelids drop You’re so warm in my content Fingers locked inside mine I’m in the hoodie you lent Your heart you didn’t lend me That is mine to keep I’ve packed it away nice and neat And Inside the pleats I stored my … Continue reading If I Died