Language is a brushing broom, Sweeps intent and dusts desire, When it first reaches us, so far away, Yet within, the only force we know, Rushing forth from cradle’s cover. Language is a learning lamp, Gathers fuel and sets ablaze, Dark discoveries of limit and loss, Every chance of loyalty and love, Empty echoes on […]
When I was a boy, my heart broke double, Splintered edges and rough tools, The smell of home made strange, The sound of love distorted, Underwater, Drowned. When I was a boy, that same sound saved me, Caught me in calm moments, Made me whole again, fleetingly, As I waited to be dragged, Underwater, Drowned. […]
When you go, get gone with grace, Meeting wind, earth, cool and calm, Be light, like you showed me, Cast your crooked smile and disappear. When you go, fill up that space, Churning memory, identity, bits and bobs, Be you, like you showed me, Your ever and only one last time. When you go, take […]