Verisimilitude

Show them your wounds. Show them your scars. Show them your rusting prison bars. All they will see. And all they will know. Their own walled garden where roses grow. There may be thorns. And velvet petals. Perfumes that float amongst the nettles. One to protect. And one to fast hold. For there is no… Continue reading Verisimilitude

The Step

Playlist for this Post Taking the wrong step is easy, Given strong enough reasons. And that is the seed you planted in me, When enduring injurious seasons. The darkness in you, an infection indeed. Your hungry face a malignant boil. A lancing is needed to purge out the bad, Excoriate your plague of turmoil. A… Continue reading The Step

Spent.

 I did not realise I was closed. Doors so barely open. But in the bareness of naked flesh, A dense darkness always remained. No light, no flicker. Blinded, blind, skinned. Hard. Desired but equally taunted. Used. A rope so pretty to hang oneself with. Ruby beads poured on the floor. The fecundity of my weeping… Continue reading Spent.

Prayer

Playlist I will miss your arms tonight. Our world in the dying light. Of your hazel joy. Beneath shuttered lids. And lips that I’ve kissed far too full. I feel this loss but do not fear. You are meant to be; my medium rare, striped blackened sear. You preach to me this mornings name. And with all it’s… Continue reading Prayer