The movies promised it would be pretty Reds, yellows and oranges would colour the scenery Leaves would glitter the floor And crunch satisfyingly under my feet I don’t know why, but I thought apples would be involved I didn’t believe them when they told me…

You can tell when a woman has been through a lot, it’s the weariness of her face. The erasure of her smile replaced with a blank stare. She isn’t broken just tired of the lies. Don’t mistake or assume her demise. She hasn’t lost hope….

I have a plan for us. When the sun sets and all is quiet We’ll steal a boat and sail upon  the lake We’ll bring a lantern a blanket, and ourselves and lay looking up at the stars in its hull. “I have a plan…

It was soft once for it believed in old adages, good begets good, justice will be served and the likes. But day after day, its belief was torn to shreds, honesty was ridiculed, thieves were rewarded, fools were celebrated and monsters emerged victorious. It hardened…

“Not her, not her, not her… write about her later,” He says, “Not time, not time, not time…” Yet. Cosmic map of consciousness; man of men and women, you led me here, then say “stay silent”! I play along, laughing at your wisdom. “But, you…

Squinting through the canopy, she looks for the sun Leaves falling like dry brittle tears Crunching footsteps through cracking twigs, Unaware of mycelium network underfoot Each towering tree once a sapling she nurtured from seed Individual unique perfection She caresses the bark of each, calling…

What play of light is this? That catches my mind and twirls it through the swaying treetops. Some distant sense of adventure calling through the wind, tossing my restless spirit to and fro, orbiting this central point of recognition, of realization, of eternity breathless in…

A panoply of twig, sprig and leaves, a canopy of stars, a cavalcade to celebrate, an arcade of variegated brollys, a wooden heart to elate. A soaring, a gliding, eliding an entry and an exit to exhilarate…

allow me to take you to lovers bay, the map is inscribed in our love, and the compass directions in the wind, allow me to take you to lover’s bay, a night times boat drift from the shore, we’ll have packed dinner that took to…

I see you On a hilltop Your arms spread To touch the sky The milky way above you Stars misting around you   I  see you   Melting above the sun Clamoring for brilliance and riches Defying reality, denying it A swirling dichotomy Of delusion…