Diving for Pearls

"It’s diving for pearls and holding our breath."

Can you be vulnerable without being needy?It’s diving for pearls and holding our breath.reaching farther for honesty without worry –sincerity so deep only the brave can quarry.Let us do this without our words, only eyes,bodies, and touches, vulnerability mimed.Confess your...

Lynnette – Part One of 1162 Days

"One mans journey to sobriety and the lovely woman he finds on the way."

Day ten of sobriety brought something new, or rather took away something old. This morning when he awoke from his tossing and turning that he called sleep he noticed the shakes were missing or almost nonexistent in his hands. He...

The Optician

"A visit to the opticians this morning brought a lovely unexpected vision..."

She walks towards me smiling and tells me to sit by her desk. We chat politely about the sunshine as she opens files on the computer.Straight black hair frames her face, so shiny. She is delicate, so petite, warm and...

Libra Lady

"A poem of desire"

What is it about you that draws me in?Is it your beauty, body, or something else within?The air of you is my intoxication,Libra Lady, I want you bad and not just in fornication.Your eyes, your smile, they take me to...

My Return

"Hello my sunshine"

Hello my love.Seven Days.Seven Nights.Till we are one.My promise to you.Never to stray.My heart shakes.Looking out the window.As the land changes.Reading your letter.Fixated on your last line.We NEED you home.My soul screams.To hold you.Inhaling your scent.Tasting your lips.My heart overflows.Hello...

Finally Meeting

"It started with an online chat."

I pulled my ‘Son of a Gun’ Grey coloured Holden Equinox into the empty car spot. Very much a tight fit for a big car. Now that we were out of lockdown, I was getting used to parking a larger...