I hear the sounds of grandmother’s kitchenBefore I even smell the aromas she createsI walk on in between thin wooden door framesThe floor of sand from the South China SeaCushions the soles of my broad flip flop feet Chickens, ducks, maybe a cat or twoRun free pecking, clucking, mewing tooThe chaos of animal chatter harmoniseWithContinue reading “My grandmother’s kitchen”
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Push the window latch
Push the latchCrack the bedroom windowSplit it open just a little bit Can you seeA rattan chair my mother gave meWhere I sit and rock dreamsWrite adventures I haven’t been onSpin stories no one reads I’d always wanted white paintedWooden windowsThe kind with chocolate bar panesThrough which I see the world in frames Grey curtainsContinue reading “Push the window latch”
in the soft shallow
Evoke the forms. Where you’ve nothing else construct ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them. – The Road – Cormack McCarthy In the soft shallow of a place where you once dreamed of rivers that ran from cracks that spilled over your skin every night the water he offers you sustains. His warmthContinue reading “in the soft shallow”
tracks
Icy cold droplets Biting the air Corroding our attention of each other Tracks dripping After fallen waters cease Details washed Irrevocably and in the cold air your hand reaches for mine warmth seeps in reassuringly © alivelesslived
weightless
I am Liquid boneSieved through timeStrained against a lifeOf rivers flowingAnd ending in seas I am flesh torn and rubbed rawA collection of imprintsUnraveling like blue tattoosAcross pale moonlit skin I am the covering of allAnd of nothing, bonelessInappropriately mentionedSour on your tongue I am parts, a discardDisembodied but fullFollowing no rulesI pattern at willContinue reading “weightless”
the grand encounter
A thought forms in silent solitudeshimmering softly off the surfaceOf this lake, still as mirrored glassIts Jade green depths harbours lifeDense forest how deep do you reach?Shed the unnecessary, go furtherSee the Grand encounterof Water and Light ©alivelesslived
be my only light
Share with me The knowledge of the secrets Our souls created in silent Attention Share with me The ancient truth of Being Be my only Light I miss sharing the light in my world with you. ©alivelesslived
i end where you begin
Delicately carve my name on your skin Make it the place I end where you begin If you must add colour, colour me blue delicately make me a part of you when you no longer love me or want me please find a gentle way to set me free when all of a sudden youContinue reading “i end where you begin”
iridium flare
He’s the iridium flare Of my evening sky His soul illuminates My broken world In his glow I bloom Softly drifting into His amber lit arms ©alifelesslived
the music tree
So deep inside the Forest tolda story much too sad for lightGrief grew lush within the ColdMusic kept those secrets tight Earth pitched its icicles greenwhen Melody met the tune,the hum the moss that grewacross a wide gaping wound Solitary confine me, I refuse to lookStay within my prison be, alone here in this bookWordsContinue reading “the music tree”
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