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Hero

Published January 18th, 2007

The webbing of my self control Is bursting apart  Breaking down the disguise Of my life  Unshakeable equanimity Hardheaded pragmatism  Now a Mobius Strip of uncertainty An endless comedy of behaviours  Provided for the entertainment Of the gods  I wait in the wings  For the hero to appear to save me But at the worst possible moment  I find there is [...]

The Forcefield of Youth

Published January 18th, 2007

A child, designing castles on a beach, Digging holes –  Sand streaming out behind like a rooster tail, Noisy, excited, breathless,  Every game an adrenalin rush of urgency On her beach, each shell is a priceless commodity  And reality can be left behind to play in her world Where the only pain a stubbed toe or a skinned knee  [...]

The Embrace

Published January 18th, 2007

Your unruly blonde hair  Caresses your face  You seem so lonely  So unsure of yourself  Is the embrace of your hair  The only kind of embrace  You have ever known?  Your eyes tell me more  Than your lips ever could  They look into forever  You’ve seen too much  You pretend to play  To have fun  [...]

The Drunk

Published January 18th, 2007

I wasn’t always a drunk Once I was a little girl  Who wanted love Which she found – in a bottle  At first it had been fun There were friends and laughter  She felt complete, unbroken for the first time But it stole something I couldn’t afford to lose  It took my sanity – for awhile It took over my [...]

Steel Symbols

Published January 18th, 2007

The old blue Commodore parked casually on the grass in the back yard.  The lackluster patina of corrosion oozing from every rusty pore.  Steel viscera exposed for examination of boys who clasp to their chests  not spanner and wrench, but that ubiquitous symbol of manhood -  the stubby cooler wrapped lovingly around their “Stubby’! They talk  And drink  Tinkering with [...]

Souls

Published January 18th, 2007

Sitting with you on our verandah Amidst a jungle of ferns, palms  And emotions Looking out over the tops of red roofed houses  Across to the ocean We sit together on our rough hewn hardwood chairs  Talking, laughing And for me  Loving beyond all earthly comprehension of the word Easing the lacerating despair I felt for too long  As beautiful [...]

She of the ‘Hard Life’

Published January 18th, 2007

 ‘She had a hard life’ – they whispered The excuse carelessly repeated when nothing else could possibly explain the behaviour of the person who called herself my mother. She thrived on the casual manipulation of her family –me. At six I became responsible for the feelings of she who had many – all negative. To [...]

Shadow of Death

Published January 18th, 2007

There are times when the shadow of death Dilutes living  It waters everything down making life, Instead of death,  Insubstantial and unreal What’s more, the words others use to comfort are,  After all, Only words  Loneliness and despair are the ghosts That stand by my side in restaurants  While I eat And dance with me at parties  Instead of friends They sit [...]

Peace

Published January 18th, 2007

I have often wondered  What kind of pain Could make a person  Choose to give everything away Make friends  Feel like strangers Scorch a hundred lives  And gain Only  Peace 

Our Precious Precious Child

Published January 18th, 2007

  ‘Unbearable grief’  Remember those words?  God showed me what it felt like?  It seems he thought my son  Needed to know too  So he gave him  A disability that allowed him  To understand that he wanted  To live like everyone else  But not enough ability to make it happen  Just in case that wasn’t [...]

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