Looking down the long straight street ahead Terraced houses, some with windows lit up. They look like Chinese lanterns floating through the winter night.
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These floorboards
These floorboards are my bed tonight. I oiled them some years ago. An Indian rug on the wooden boards, a wood stove in the corner. Warmth.
The setting of the sun Don’t go The days are becoming shorter Stay bright This warmth is limited Keep me warm Don’t go, stay bright I like how it is Don’t go, stay bright Things are going well Keep going, stay light I will miss you So stay with me I’ll worship you with my […]
Apartment for rent
A dream: We reached the top of the spiralling staircase and we approached a door. The estate agent was young. He said the apartment was a ‘half-height’. The apartment was split into two vertically, and so was the door. We unlocked and opened the top half of the door. I lifted myself up and into the […]
Sipping tea with a friend
Sipping my tea carefully, I speak. Speaking to someone who speaks like me. A good friend, he’s now become and some years ago he took this same path _____(at the same stage as me). We shared some stories, and I heard his advice. But he won’t share much more unless it’s worth its while _____(Or […]
Feelings (for someone else)
Isn’t it remarkable what you can achieve in life? At times when strolling – lost in my own thoughts – through a park or along a street, I used to think about some of the things I’ve achieved. It warmed me to think about such things and I felt proud. I was proud that I […]
Let me look at you again
Let me look at you again Let me look into your dark blue eyes Let me, oh, You can see me now at last. It’s me and, ah, it’s you. We are looking at each other now. Time stopped, I gulped, you laughed We laughed, I squeezed you. Do you listen to my voice, that’s […]
Challengers’ dynamics
I glanced out the window, unsure now what to say The fresh green leaves moved so sanft Beyond them a bright blue expanse. Inside the small cool room, the silence was caught, wobbling Like in the jug’s water next to me. Surely someone needs to say something or cackle nervously to break the sick-bag silence. […]
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At high tide
I can hear from afar my small boat in the night time tide, facing upstream A two stroke engine beating, chug chug chug chug chug and all the while as the tide descends the boat stays still until it turns and drifts towards the open sea chug chug chug chug
