In hiding within No one knows how anyone else feels, nor can one person explain how another will react to the same situation. As such, this is a very personal account of how it felt to be me, in a way that I found more comfortable at the time, trying to bring a little lightContinueContinue reading “Breakdown”
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Wrinkles
Photo by Nashua Volquez-Young on Pexels.com These fingers have bent a million times And this face has creased into thousands of expressions The lines around my eyes arose from Crying at sadness Laughing with joy Wincing at the unkindness of the world And squinting through headaches and bright sunshine This saggy chin has dipped downContinueContinue reading “Wrinkles”
The Night Garden
Photo by Eva Bronzini on Pexels.com In the quiet hoursWhen all the lights are outAnd the nocturnal animals have stopped foragingIf you look out of your windowif you’re very still and patientYou may see a miracleSuddenlyThere will be a tiny point of lightThat sparkles near the groundA night flowerFew see them as you have toContinueContinue reading “The Night Garden”
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
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”
A Dull, Wet, Wednesday Afternoon.
Photo by Klaus Nielsen on Pexels.com A dull wet Wednesday afternoon Not a sky in the clouds The sun a memory Or a myth Walking the streets Indifference reflected in the puddles Mud splashing onto Laundered clothes A shop throwing light across the path A warm space full of things Another world Not of theContinueContinue reading “A Dull, Wet, Wednesday Afternoon.”
The Artist
Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger on Pexels.com THE ARTIST The artist splashes white over black silver glistens across brown Blue is shaped Green smudges to grey Opalescence is given edges Innocent limbs are scarred by his cheek The lightest talent Stealthily Creeping up when you least expect him Silently Whirling his brush Wildly Indiscriminate With innocentContinueContinue reading “The Artist”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 