Monday 21 March 2016

Differences

Clutching
halves of
a torn photograph
from the day
at the beach
sand as coarse
as the quiet
we lay
mirrored
along our spines

you were
a reflection
of everything
I wanted to be
serene
a dream
alive

and I
the shadow
of all
you feared
volatile
reckless
and real.



Wednesday 24 February 2016

Wishful thinking

"You can close your eyes to reality, but not to memories" - Stanizlaw Jerzy Lec

That stolen night
it was bitter
we sat 
in unreality
your head 
on my shoulder
alien
and for once
it was okay
we were messes
disasters
uselessly
clutching normality
lacking morality
and living
our undeserved
freedom.

Friday 5 February 2016

A Novel Romance

I thought of you today
a simple flicker
like a breeze
on the pages
of a well thumbed book
and in an instant
page 14
the familiar graze
of lips on neck
page 60
clammy, nervous fingers
entwined and shaking
page 132
dinner, laughter
sincerity 
page 176
screaming
after another
pointless war
page 201
When I finally wiped
from my mind
page 5
the night you
first said
I love you
recklessly
not realising on
page 180
you'd realise what
love was
and decide on
page 181
that we didn't have it.