Like Stone

Without a crack of emotionyou stand before me like stoneso fiercely independent – when we’re together, I’m alone I wonder if you’d miss me if I walked out the door? How can you say you love me when I can’t tell anymore? You say it’s not your intention  for me to second guess your heart  but after twenty years together  it’s notContinue reading “Like Stone”

Unrecognisable

I searched for youamongst familiar letters and phrases– I didn’t recognise a single wordI no longer speak your language What I found was our immaturityappearing in all our misunderstandingsuntil our storyread like abandoned hope If I could take us back to all our wrong decisionsI’d try my hardest to convince us to take a different path– If only we hadContinue reading “Unrecognisable”

Black Cockatoo

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 to stay,I looked for your darkened shape But youContinue reading “Black Cockatoo”

To Reach You (with audio)

There was something so magical about you–  swaying in the breeze, so mysterious. I had to reach out to you. I stretched myselfto the very edge, to point of falling. Finally, when I thought you were beyond my grasp, I caught hold of you. My heart swelled with joy, secure in my knowledge that theContinue reading “To Reach You (with audio)”