When I Look at You I Think…

Image found here on Pinterest When I look at you I think… I’m home heart soaring higher under your gentle gaze In silence we connect without a word and heal each other’s hurts with love This open-hearted union shines as our souls interlace forever under blue skies and star strewn nights My heart dives deeper into love when IContinueContinue reading “When I Look at You I Think…”

Unkind Years (with audio)

He keeps fading I’m watching it happen before my eyes I wonder if he is silently fading from me too He keeps so many of his thoughts inside I’m always the last to know what’s going on Every morning I see less joy in his eyes He slogs the day out pushing himself in aContinueContinue reading “Unkind Years (with audio)”

Unrecognisable

Photo by Suzy Hazelwood from Pexels I searched for youamongst familiar letters and phrases– I didn’t recognise a single wordI no longer speak your languageWhat I found was our immaturityappearing in all our misunderstandingsuntil our storyread like abandoned hopeIf I could take us back to all our wrong decisionsI’d try my hardest to convince us to take a different path– If only weContinueContinue reading “Unrecognisable”

Late Night Listener (collab)

Original Image found here on Pinterest By Vintage Black and Secret Thoughts Within I am your only late night listener, savoring your words spoken over and over, alone in the blackness. Messages played on loopin the radio host sound of your voice, I tune in to enjoy yet another twilight sample. Your poetic mixtapeof descriptive drunken wordsmakes perfect senseto my late-night soul,so, I dial inContinueContinue reading “Late Night Listener (collab)”

Black Cockatoo

Original image by image Keith Lightbody, found here Like a black cockatoo That powerful, elusive bird, You sang out your song In words I had never heard. You were larger than life An unexpected onyx sight, Bringing me so much peace As we sat in the evening light. Alas, like a wild bird You refused toContinueContinue reading “Black Cockatoo”