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Circa 2046

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The land is dry River beds are dust Scorpions walk through what were once meadows The sun parches the land And all is barren We few who survive Have cried copiously over the mistakes of the past The life of our planet has evaporated And the seas have turned toContinueContinue reading “Circa 2046”

For a Daughter’s mum and for Herself

Photo by Elina Fairytale on Pexels.com She was meThat’s how it wasI am herAnd that’s how it isMother and daughterDaughter and motherFriends first and foremostNever to be separatedWhen she left I leftBut I stayedAnd I know that she would want meTo be happy in this life“No matter” she would say“No matter what”She too lost peopleButContinueContinue reading “For a Daughter’s mum and for Herself”

I Thought

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I thought that when you passed away And slipped into the light, That I would no more know the day And you no more the night. And yet I find when all is done You and I are always one. Never more just I and me Always, ever, only, we.ContinueContinue reading “I Thought”

Hope

Photo by Disha Sheta on Pexels.com Parchment laid in the pouring rainTurns to mush in a sea of mudBread cast upon the watersReturns as useless slushBut hope eternalLoves eternalDeb Hawken

Act One – Scene One

Photo by Monica Silvestre on Pexels.com The curtains rise And then they fall This is my life – my one and all I know I’m watched I hear my name They shout “encore” And sometimes “shame” I tread these boards and utter words I hear the echo Am I heard? I throw my voice IContinueContinue reading “Act One – Scene One”

Seeking

Photo by Paula Schmidt on Pexels.com As I sitstaring into the space where nothing isI ask myself “what am I seeking?”silence repliesI waitthinking the world will turnand in turningthe answer will appearand the space will be filledThere is nothingan immense field ofjust nothingA voice speaks“If you don’t know what you wanthow then can it beContinueContinue reading “Seeking”

Born Under a Navy Sky

Photo by Miriam Espacio on Pexels.com I’m fascinated by the stars And how they shine out of the darkness When the sky is inky blue I feel reborn Ready to take on the world A light sky doesn’t empower me But a night sky tells me That I will begin anew And the stars willContinueContinue reading “Born Under a Navy Sky”

Definition

Photo by Janson A. on Pexels.com A person who a hundred wondrous wordsCan throw onto a page with careless ease.Can make a poem of a hornet’s nest,And literary magic of dis-ease.A writer who has phrases born aplenty,Rattling round a mind that needs to write,Discerning threads of life’s rich golden tapestry,And reasoning that darkest black isContinueContinue reading “Definition”

Music Box

Photo by Darcy Delia on Pexels.com Twisting, turning, have you seen herTiny perfect ballerina?A fantasy of style and graceEffortless within her spaceOh how I want to be like herMy limbs co-ordinate, concurAdmired for my perfect stanceMoving in a graceful danceOr is her truth right there to see?A dreamer who is trapped – like meNo wayContinueContinue reading “Music Box”

Being Less Human

Describe one positive change you have made in your life. The end of the rainbow is real That image was taken in Matlock about 3 weeks ago. It’s relevant because I’m in the camp of finding nature magical, and it also represents (somehow) that human and spirit are one, and both immensely practical. The ShiftContinueContinue reading “Being Less Human”