This boat moves like magic, a simple push with the oar and I am floating through the stars. Beloved, we are here just now and time is fleeting. Let us row together through the moonlight. The lullaby suggests we will return but the fable casts…

The boat drifted on a stunning sea of stars But it was not lost, not in this heart of ours Sad to say farewell to a love with me til last breath Who gazed into the heavens to show me joy beyond death Her curious…

I turn on the oven Its warmth fills the house as I start whipping eggs and adding vanilla sifting and sorting blending and tossing and turning kneading the dough in my mind waiting patiently for it to rise punch down stifling the bad memories that…

The empty body stays empty long after the rest of the world moves on

I have lost track of how long I have been Doing this. Hours run past like mice or hamsters on a wheel Going going going But leading nowhere except Toward the grave. Duty bound to complete this task Or any task Feels like a frigate…

Spoilers for the beginning of Portal 2. I had one last view of the sky Before She dragged me back down Underground, and into storage. There was Art in my room to view And experience spiritual refreshment As only an A.I. could dream up. When…

The child sucked on the orange, then said a word it heard elsewhere – ‘sucksink’! ‘Don’t talk with your mouth full!’ admonished the mother, ‘Swallow your food first!’, preached the father, and then forgot about it, but the child did not forget the word, because…

Light galaxy breaks Sparkling stillness of the lake Come drift past the gap   Octagons of dry Repelling cold from the sky Raise your colors high   Singed through the bark Love exposed striations Sap seeps. Heart revealed

The Day it Rained Umbrellas One day the sky opened, And poured down umbrellas. No rain in which to use them, Just thousands of umbrellas. Different colours, different sizes, All styles and shapes and shades. They hurdled down towards us, Handles first, fully open, Before…

I wish I could hold you to my heart I wish I could kiss you I wish I could whisper ‘ I love you’ I wish I could hold you, never let you go I wish I could clasp your heart to mine I wish…