torn by cruel hands, ripped
apart, cut and divided.
two, aching slices
A Surprise Letter
dog-eared, old letters,
friendless memories wanting
friends, oceans brought you
Storm
calm frightens old clouds
quick! let’s enjoy it before
a new storm finds us
Clear, Murky Waters
Plop! That’s the sound my keys made as they succumbed to the Thames. There I was minding my own business, feet planted over the edge of Waterloo Bridge contemplating the end of my life. Wondering ‘Do I dare?’ and, ‘Do I dare?’ When suddenly my collection of keys thoughtlessly jumped in first. It was Derek’s […]
Cake, Love, and Tears
Manuals won’t hold you in the middle of the night, books won’t dry your irrational tears at bus stops or the back of a supermarket queues, and pamphlets won’t tell you they love you when the whole world goes dim. Many things about being a single parent can only be learned by pushing through the pain and hoping […]
(Not) So Young
As Suede’s Coming Up reaches its second decade, I am reminded of this brilliant and exhilarating band. Though they have recently reformed (older, greyer, and wiser), their first two albums, like lost portraits of Dorian Grey, have stubbornly defied the corrosive hands of time and still possess the power to conjure up those confusing, intoxicating days […]
A Journey
On an uneasy Sunday morning, as the sun rubs the sleep from its eyes and leans out from behind nervous clouds, I sit and try to ignore the presence that has settled itself beside me. Like a first love who never leaves you, who always walks a pace behind you in your dreams; like the ceaseless crashing of waves, ever-present and incessant, […]