Category: Poetry

A witch A lovely one  Guides my hand to the great divine   The higher being who we call to everyday  In hope of being heard, held and answered   Curious we are.  She guides my hand into the great expanse of the Universe  Guiding my hand to the Mother  To the Higher Self  Guiding my hands […]

My open hands glide along the rhythmic crashing of the waves. Lacing my fingers through sea foam that forms while they curl and collapse. Trying to bear the motion in my hands. Attempting to collect the crystal blue hue. Watching it slip between my fingers, returning to the gurgling sea foam, retreating back out to […]

All you have to do is get out of bed. Your family is knocking at the door, And you can’t keep them waiting anymore. Oh, how you fill your sister with dread! Oh, how your mother can’t love you like before! All you have to do is get out of bed, Your family is knocking […]

The woman I am?   A cartographer of curiosity.  Resident of far and wide.  Adventurer, explorer.    Treasure hound.  Passionate devotee of beautiful things.   Collector, curator.  My most precious collection?  Women.   Priceless, robust, delicate.  Such as a cursed amulet at the Nepalese border.  Captivating. Intoxicating. Formidable.  I offer you a glimpse at my collection.   No passport required.  […]

Where has the time gone  Since this all first begun  Since we last had a sleepover  And spent a day out in the sun?  Since I last heard your laughter  And watched you first ride a bike  It’s been months since I’ve seen you  Though it feels like just last night  I can’t remember the […]

It must seem an unreachable fantasy to those who lack the  freedoms  to sing into the clouded skies as they realise their lifetime of dreams,   despite the relentless hammering of the jealousy-filled voices below.  Who can reach out their delicate fingers,  and simply caress the horizons of human existence itself.   The societies with such freedoms […]

She is beyond words, beyond language, but I am a romantic, so I will try to explain anyway   how each and every word I speak belongs to you, is made of you, even if you will never read them  She walks with a confidence, undeserved  as if she doesn’t create fire hazards on a flat […]

Look upon the mighty halls, Filled with canvases and likenesses Perhaps you may happen upon a plaque A great artist was inspired by his beautiful wife Or fiancé Or daughter Never her on her own Her as adjacent to him He’ll immortalise her likeness to the canvas or marble Proclaiming her as his muse For […]