Time is echoes and snapshots afterwards.In the fevered dark with a bare heartstill drumming against my own,scared and almost unknowable,your heat thrumming everywhere,I think that nothing will ebb away.That we'll emit this strange hallowed energy forever,that we can press tightly...
nostalgia
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her standing across the road, eating her favourite doughnut. It was her - I would recognize that hair anywhere. She turned towards me, her long coat flapping in the wind, and my...
Villanelle to a Shared Yearning
"Hiraeth: nostalgia tinged with sadness over loss and a yearning for a place that may never have been"
Nostalgia yearns for places never found,We search in hope, with joy, and trusting sighs;Hiraeth is ours, both souls are homeward bound.The hollow echoes with a birdlike sound,A song is heard, it crests and gently dies;Nostalgia yearns for places never found.We found...
Little yellow trumpet,Defiant lest frost encroachesGarden whore, lemon strumpetNodding gaily, as spring approaches Narcissus, you vainly watchThrough my window – a looking glassIn your bed, she’s another notchSmiling petals, as bold as brass Betwixt the snowdops and the crocusYour amber...
The Lighthouse
"The loneliness of the lighthouse keeper"
I watch the waves crash against the rocks, feeling the spray on my face, It's nice to stand here, to listen and contemplate in this deserted place. The sky is blue and grey, the sea reflecting its angry stare like...
Catching Up (Part 1)
"Joanna is reminded of a love that got away."
Tuesday 22 February 2011. Twelve fifty-five pm. That was when a devastating earthquake hit my home town of Christchurch, New Zealand, after which nothing in this city will ever be the same again. Unbeknown to me at the time, that...
Here’s Looking At You
""Here's looking at you, kid." This was Sam's endearment to his first wife, Jenny."
Sam held the black-and-white photograph of his first wife in the gnarled fingers of his hand. “Here’s looking at you, kid!” he said, holding it up towards his failing eyes, as much aware of the liver spot on the back...
Some, Walls
"passing through you."
I think I may live with too many walls around me. The thought of himStill gives me butterflies... He lingers when I least expect it. Maybe I have lost myself? I have perfectly framed imagesIn my mind of you,Faces of...
Piano Blues Part 4
"A previous romance, history, a beginning, a memory of love..."
Pinetop knew eternity, The power of stopping time. Hold yourself now, And when I say get it, You get it! The piano rattles, From New Orleans to Mexico, Your city blues make dancing girls, and shots, And smoke filled bars,...
Getting Nekkid With a Cheerleader!
"There is nothing like getting 'nekkid' with a sexy cheerleader to cheer you up!"
(episode 26) This follows "Two Girl Fuck Competition" I should have been happy and excited because I was officially dating Mary Beth. She was definitely a super hot, sexy girl and nearly every guy I knew would’ve been ecstatic to...