T'was words that captured meHow long ago now I don't knowAlways feeling in youPieces of meWord play sometimes goes that wayClever ruminationsThe abstractSometimes almost conjuringsI could feel and almost seeWoven layer on layerJoys and painsTethered escapesThough fiercely longed forYou...

my solemn is quietmy soul has slipped so far into my sanctuary I have been unable to speakit's not that I feel nothing I feel everything, maybe too deepfeeling like I forgot to talk or I forfeited the rightevil...

Someone heard the explosionor maybe it was the sky cracking its own skull open.The air twitches.The ground gnaws.Everything vibrates like a nerve that refuses anesthesia. The glass on the floor is no longer glass.It is a swarm of mouths,crooked, trembling,chewing...

I think of youAnd can’t help thinking about usAn openingAn unfoldingThe falling of wallsAnd guardsThe laying aside of old fearsAnd old livesAs the new opens before meIn layersLike the petals of a roseWith the coming of the sunGlistening with...

The butterflies dance lazily through the weeds Afternoon shines gold over the florets These moments are the only break From the grinding teeth of the machine    The patch of weeds I tend Surrounded by over-shaven lawns Dead lifeless lawns Dead restless people  Driving round Staring at their phones Searching...