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Choosing Light
I have an eclectic palette
But you’re the only taste that matters
I used to roll my eyes when they said
A lover can be your refuge
I thought turbulence feeds my drive
But here we are
And it’s everything to feel safe in your arms
No more flight or fight with shaking hands
And anxiety, an egg in my throat
A sickness that spreads
It always gives back
Feeding its...
Monday 2nd June 2025 2:28 pm
Temporary Feeling
You barely uttered “ I love you” on your way out,
And I hardly call that a kiss, we only skimmed each other’s lips,
Whenever I upset you, does a piece of me in you break off until there’s nothing left?
Did your words "I'll always be yours" lose its meaning over a spat?
Thursday 24th April 2025 2:33 pm
A Quiet Strength
When tempers flare and voices rise,
It’s wise to breathe, not moralise.
A quiet word can cool the flame,
While shouting only spreads the blame.
When someone mocks or plays unfair,
Step back – don’t answer with a stare.
For digging traps for someone’s fall
Might lead you to your own downfall.
If rumours swirl and trust is thin,
Let honesty speak from within.
Your name is worth more th...
Saturday 12th April 2025 7:20 am
Before the Fall
Image Source: Pinterest/@HeatherChilton
Green leaves gently sway,
before senescence sets in,
ask them how they feel.
Friday 10th January 2025 9:05 am
Exphoria
If my sins had a smell would you sit near me?
I Wouldn't.
The tangy odour of deceit
A concoction of broken promises
The web of lies
A stench that embeds itself in ones skin
Needs more than a fix of TLC
Sorrow is my PLC
Yet it bothers you none
Through the shadow of my heart you see my smile
You feel my delicate underbelly
I am not a stain
I am more
Convinced of my plight
Stern i...
Saturday 28th December 2024 6:26 pm
Separation
No matter how much the shouting, its the inside worth counting
Never mind harsh words of a person, their actions could never worsen
Others with a listening ear, may take away the fear
The unknown goes on behind closed doors, hiding all the flaws
Love seemed a while away, yet so did the other day
Fondness comes after the trouble, back to how things were, a couple
Smiles are exchanged, somehow...
Wednesday 20th November 2024 10:06 pm
Fresh streams, Tainted Depths
Stagnant
Like rainwater sitting out for days,
Attracting flies,
Like moths to a flame.
Serving no meaningful purpose,
So we remain
Unfulfilled—
Nothing’s changed.
Entrapped
In a recurring cycle,
Appearing to be renewed
As more rainwater starts to fall.
But new drops only meet the surface,
Clean merging with the murk below,
Clear streams swallowed by t...
Monday 18th November 2024 2:57 pm
Reality of Love
The love we thought we had to give
Is an entirely different meaning of love we have now
We came together as broken pieces
Mending each other together separately
While shielding our love from our own prejudice views
Individuals don’t have the strength to penetrate through
Though we came close to letting our shield fall
Quickly grabbing ahold because our hands loosened slig...
Tuesday 1st October 2024 7:30 pm
Lobe u
I lobe u
You know this
The feeling is strong
Even if the spelling is wrong
My tiny stubby fingers
Take little time to linger
Over the disproportionate keys
Stubbing along with a head full of bees
You ask what I lobe best
As if I'm not up to the test
But my lengthy gaze tells you
It's me that sees you
Especially when the words arrive late
I lobe...
Tuesday 1st October 2024 2:28 pm
The Last Carriage
I sit on the waiting seat on the station,
Not alone,
Many friends are waiting as well,
We share the same destination.
Not long after, the train arrives.
I look at my ticket,
"Ah, not my train", I say.
Some friends board,
They wave their hands,
We exchange smiles,
I'm left with the unfinished puzzle in my hand.
Not long after, another train arrives.
I l...
Wednesday 25th September 2024 10:35 am
Smiling Mirages
The sand of the sea, what are they to me?
Smiling mirages that drift by in lines.
Tried building castles but it seems to be,
the waves take them down every time.
I guess there’s a beauty in watching them flow,
like a kaleidoscope, swirling away,
back to their nature where they always go,
leaving me here at the end of the day.
Looking out as the sun sets to the se...
Tuesday 19th March 2024 12:20 am
Things
Things to adorn yourself.
Things for your home.
Things of a thousand kind,
what do you own?
Gather it all til you have everything,
but know this that when the day’s done –
despite all your things
you don’t have a damn thing
if the sun sets…
and you’ve got no one.
Saturday 24th February 2024 1:36 am
Illusions
Pretend not to notice.
Pretend you don’t see.
Protect at all cost
your illusions of me.
Don’t read what I write
on the lines of my page,
you’ll only find flaws
that you’ve long wished away.
Just keep smiling at me,
I’ll keep smiling at you.
You be who you are
and I’ll do what I do.
I’ll try not to let
all the things in my mind
stray far fro...
Tuesday 20th February 2024 4:08 am
Proceed to the Route
Take the second exit,
not the one which suits.
Did I not make it clear,
proceed to the route.
I know which way’s best,
to complete a commute.
So, do what I ask you,
proceed to the route.
What is the point, when
we live in dispute.
This shouldn’t be so hard,
proceed to the route.
Or switch me off,
this unwanted control.
Go on, I dare you.
...Sunday 30th July 2023 3:21 pm
End of a Beginning
Thinking about the times
we spent chatting in the pub,
thinking I might have talked
just a bit too much,
and I'm thinking about
how I blew a chance forever.
Thinking about the time
you could have spent in my heart,
but we never got together
or made a real start,
thinking about the you
I never got to know better, and
even though we could
have...
Tuesday 18th April 2023 3:04 pm
Alone and Lonely
If I had but a
Choice
To choose my fate
Farwell from this world
I'd rather drown
In the pool of tranquility
And die a peaceful death
Alone
Than be suffocated
Out of this lonlely life
Yearning for
Your lack of love.
Monday 20th February 2023 11:50 pm
Moon in the Morning Sky
So out of place
Yet so beautiful
Like the moon
In the morning sky
Losing its shine
And relevance
With the Rising Sun.
Thursday 16th February 2023 6:38 am
Lazing By The Well
This love, our love
so understated
but all consuming
A stick of rock
it's written right through me
and always has been
Reaching out a hand
to feel
your hand waiting
A tide
I’ll always return
A well
I’ll always refill
your bucket
with love
All my wants, all my needs
melt into a single thought
All my hopes and dreams
collide inside the fact
you exist
I reach out my hand
...
Thursday 19th January 2023 2:16 pm
refusal is slow
I
i'll be honest,
I refuse to love you.
my chest sits in knots
even in this revelation
the would-be butterflies remain trampled
and God knows they fly all around him
im not sure they even had the chance
to cocoon, your slime-gripped words
of small flames devoured their bloom.
No. Yes. No, im not bitter. Im selfish.
I'm greedy with want, a desire-is-me factory of production
I hold ...
Sunday 27th November 2022 4:26 pm
Can You Just Not
For YOU it's fine
You can talk all the time
To this person and that
The old man and his cat
The farmer and his lama
You're good with the drama
These are the conventions
The inventions
Of a society that shrieks
That you're 'bleat-
ing'
If you write.
They are SO full of spite-
fulness.
With their complaints,
Your character they'll taint
'Your writing i...
Friday 11th November 2022 9:50 pm
A smile
a smile is a heavenly thing
especifically on her face
not bothering anyone
she keeps them in place.
while his having no clue
glancing on her bliss comforts his heart
despite she being in blue
she never lets him to go apart.
from all those scenarios come in front
creates the will to make his pledge
they will be together as it was dreamt
dedicating his hea...
Tuesday 16th August 2022 7:39 am
My rym
I had a glimpse of the shine,
couldn't recognize was it the right time.
after those stars were sigh,
Got brighter as you came by.
The glow rays of your warmth and light,
embraced them upon your sight.
wishpering the peace needed for my nights,
to step up again and fly those heights.
the rivers of your love continues to flow,
made me stronger with the presence y...
Tuesday 16th August 2022 7:37 am
My angel
Some people believe there is a one,
The one who points your way to the sun.
A person they believe makes them complete,
The one who will support when facing defeat.
You are my angel, my one and only,
My forever love,
so we'll never be lonely.
You've brought to my life all your love and care.
It made me see when I realized how rare It is to meet your angel, or...
Tuesday 16th August 2022 7:27 am
Close My Eyes
Sad at a bar. sitting on the deck. watching
boats drift by;
finished my grouper sandwich; sipping on my lemon water
wondering --
So close to your lips, how did I get so far away in your mind?
I told you a long time ago, you would never have to yell but
I do.
Today was a break,
after a break,
after a break. C...
Tuesday 12th July 2022 3:47 am
Winter, is here. Am I?
This is inspiration from the ice breeze, and cold realisation with my love.
Has it always been this cold?
I don't remember shivering so often. Nor my back cramping in pain.
Something is changing. Something is different.
As weather patterns come and go, so do you.
Why?
How can it be that the amount of love I need, doesn't need me.
Doesn't come to me. Blows over my skin, ...
Saturday 11th June 2022 1:48 pm
Few Seconds at a time
It did indeed
Yes, you slipped away like a bottle of wine
And Taylor was right… you were never mine
Promised to another, but I took the risk
A knife that cuts deep, but you were a brick
You gave me what I needed, a few seconds at a time
But another had your whole, and that made me cry
Tears of joy a few seconds at a time
But as you fleed away, I had a hole inside
You we...
Sunday 3rd April 2022 7:19 pm
Behind the Silent Wall
Friday 18th February 2022 6:03 pm
Men Confusion
My world has come to an end.
Co-dependent like a child to a Dad
Losing my sexuality through men-o-pause
Obliterate me with your gaze
but don’t try to command my soul
the one I thought was the one
is the only love who’s been the truth
but I have fucked him over with my ego.
I let myself go but you were just the same
The dark haired, mum fuck that you have
Not reco...
Thursday 27th January 2022 6:35 pm
Till the end of the line
I have entered this new chapter of my life,
But it feels like the past is not so far behind.
I wish you were here to see the person who I have become today,
I wish you were here to tell me that it was going to be okay.
From seeing each other almost everyday,
To not having spoken to each other for over a year seems like hell.
I wish you were here to get me out of this mess,
...Wednesday 26th January 2022 5:33 pm
Do We Loose Attraction From The One We Love?
Yesterday I was looking at my flaws in mirror.
I realised.
At times, I don't feel like talking to the person I say I love.
At times, I won't wish to spend time with him.
At times, I won't wish to look at his sparkling eyes.
I felt, I lost attraction.
I felt, maybe it was one another crush to which I gave the name of love.
Then I noticed that there are times when we won't like ...
Monday 3rd January 2022 11:39 am
Do We Loose Attraction From The One We Love?
Yesterday I was looking at my flaws in mirror.
I realised.
At times, I don't feel like talking to the person I say I love.
At times, I won't wish to spend time with him.
At times, I won't wish to look at his sparkling eyes.
I felt, I lost attraction.
I felt, maybe it was one another crush to which I gave the name of love.
Then I noticed that there are times when we won't like ...
Monday 3rd January 2022 11:39 am
Fasteners of Life
Fasteners of Life
Relationships are strange, uncertain things,
attaching two or maybe more in various ways,
accommodating personalities,
and unexpected eccentricities.
Marriage is a golden cufflink, bringing
two together with an understated flair.
Some have decorations with engraving,
while some are plain that compensate with shine.
Business partnerships behave like rubber bands,
t...
Monday 28th June 2021 12:45 pm
Insecure Wind ??
Feel my cool breath
on your skin
I saw you were dewy
and needed it
Did you catch my little rustle of the leaves?
Stroll under those
old oaks and notice
I make sounds
just like the ocean
Shhhhhhhhhh, can you hear my artistry?
My gentle breeze flirts
with your curls
Yet I destroy whole cities
with my whirls
Can’t you see how soft and strooo...
Monday 21st June 2021 9:13 pm
For Lease
16.09.20
Empty space
A hole to fill up
A vacant vessel
An empty lot
This soul is for rent
At the cheapest price
Give me joy, give me compliments
And I'll make your night
A house made a home
And weekends made perfect
Just tell me I'm pretty
Make me feel worthy
But take it away and I'll tear don these walls
Rip this house to the ground
And spit on the floor
My...
Monday 24th May 2021 11:06 am
My love for you
You inspire me to be more than I am,
It has been unconscious since our meeting.
I strive for your affirmation,
To have my hopes dashed by my own hubris.
My pinnacle is your salvation,
But just to conjoin myself to your journey is its own reward
I am enamoured by your presence
Your beauty is Maine's first solstice.
I could not delineate my narrative to you,
In fear of ...
Monday 17th May 2021 7:45 pm
Pathetic Fallacy
26.07.20
Droplets fall
And puddles pool
And I am feeling the chill of lonliness
Thunder claps
And rainfall quickens to a roar
And my words fall on deaf ears
The birds are hiding away
And the sun won't come out to play
And we are emotional strangers in our own home
How many times can we talk about the same thing without it changing?
How many rainy days will there be
Bef...
Monday 17th May 2021 10:26 am
The Sun’s Litany
My light, forever
Bright, proud, and true.
Would surely know if he was untrue?
His words a balm to desperate ears.
My body only what he holds dear?
Oh heart, emotions be.
Craving sweet shore of security.
Safe arms, to pull me close.
Cherish my heart, essence close.
Play and laugh with carefree joy,
Dance our hearth,
Not destroy.
My warmth is strong to warm us b...
Thursday 29th April 2021 4:49 am
LIFELONG PANDEMIC ⚠️
Lockdown silence
No sirens less police
Less street violence
Growing Nature clear sky's less pollution
One year later vaccine..Solution
And we're back again noises are louder
Pubs are open Alcohol white powder
Fights with knives,battered citizens not just wives
Schools back ..crowded street
Complaining teachers email repeat
Back to normal yeah...
Friday 23rd April 2021 2:13 pm
My last night, in the flat we almost shared
You've already left.
537 miles North of me, of us.
I'll ruffle up to join you in four (agonising) weeks
but to my unconcerned shame,
I'm too sad to sleep in that bed without you, too ungoverned.
Nostalgia, even the warm kind, is too much feeling for me.
Something about it has always made my lipids curdle
and an unpleasant tickle cloud in my brain.
The street ou...
Tuesday 30th March 2021 9:40 am
Silk
Silk
Our Post people have connected us,
Through toil and love and loss,
Carrier Pigeons, magical storks
Delivering life to waiting Mums
Telegram boys of Shakespeare plays
Connecting lovers lost,
War-winning, code breaking messages
Relics of a past,
Suddenly more important,
Suddenly at all costs,
Suddenly irreplaceable,
Through the middle of this mess
In the middle of our chaos...
Thursday 18th March 2021 7:48 pm
Wayward Souls
He kisses your shoulder,
then your cheek.
His touch makes your knees weak.
How do I know?
Before you, and a dozen more,
it was me.
Now, I’m a faded memory,
as you will be.
Don’t believe me?
I too used to laugh at the absurdity.
He could never leave me.
As he grows older,
his women get younger.
Curiously, they look like me at 23.
How cruel fate ...
Sunday 14th March 2021 6:43 am
Todo el Tiempo
I think about you all the time,
without reason or rhyme.
You are like a tattoo,
on my mind.
Todo el tiempo.
Enternal souls,
intertwined.
Dancing, dodging,
in this cosmos
for a little while.
Creating sparks of love,
to lessen lonely nights,
and light up dark skies.
https://youtu.be/2EIeUlvHAiM
Saturday 13th March 2021 10:39 pm
Identities
We lose each other once in a while
We find ourselves in others
most of the time
We may meet some, fresh living and brand new
Forget about the ones we lost, completing one another
Or, on the contrary, at times
We meet again - how different
Forget about the new ones
And turn our faces to the bits of ourselves
we have missed in each other
We live through people
I live through you all
...
Thursday 11th March 2021 5:02 pm
The Misted Pane
I passed by a window
Where an old man smiled
and misted up the dirty pane
Behind his eyes the sadness showed
of every steep & rocky road
He'd had to climb
Next day I thought I'd call on him
And out he came
So pale and thin
-but with that smile
And graceful guile
He said
Son,
in my mind,
I'm as free as a summer breeze
A...
Tuesday 23rd February 2021 12:09 pm
You and Me
Hold on to the dream,
of you and me,
floating free
in air and sea.
After all the drama,
a lifetime of battle scars,
it's still you and me,
for all eternity.
https://youtu.be/aC9rY4HeN6A
Monday 25th January 2021 7:44 pm
The Walls We Built
I could not reach you
But how I sought to
How desperately I longed
To belong to you
But the walls between us
The ones you built
Stood far too strong
And far too tall
For me to reach
Oh, but how I tried
How relentlessly I cast my bleeding hands
Against the jagged rocks and stones
That kept me from you
Lost,
Alone
But how I tried
And I wait...
Friday 22nd January 2021 2:32 am
Different This Time
Pick and choose it
Place it
Move it
It's so beautiful-
Isn't it beautiful?
I spin it and
Twist it
Flip it upside down
This way is better
I like this much better
Pull it
Shape it
Hold it together and
Tape it
I can make it
So much better
This Time
I watch it and
Play it
Over and over again
No-
Change it
Arrange it
Won't ...
Monday 18th January 2021 2:56 am
Elixir
I drink the elixir of your words
to calm my nerves,
to hear the crunch of leaves
on my way to brighter days,
to see another creative soul
soar above the chaos of a broken life,
to witness corrosion
turn to gold,
to prolong the beauty of this moment,
indefinitely.
Friday 15th January 2021 5:13 pm
Procrastination
my partner says
I can’t write anymore poetry.
until I take out the bins
complete that assignment
(for which I’m paying thousands for the privilege)
and preferably have a shower
not out loud
but I hear it in his sighs
and the way he closes the cupboard doors
Saturday 9th January 2021 2:53 pm
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