Tag Archives: sadness

Weight

There is too much of me These days I lumber, old bones covered in skin that is loose, it folds across territories alien My rib cage disappeared so many years ago I can’t recall Beneath the layers hides the lithe form … Continue reading

Posted in Earth, Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Regret

Within our town the shutters drawn Tell tales without our words No prescience could yet have barred Such crimes as here occurred Where once mere kindness might have lived Companion to our hearts Here now the winter’s deeper chill Ensures … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Long Walk

The long walk that afternoon You arm strung casually across my shaking shoulders Our bodies close enough as though our heat could banish every cold This memory still resonates An intimacy made of time and lies that glowed like holy … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Before the Sun

In such races do not run Do not worry little one Deepest dark precedes the sun When you fall and hit the ground Little blood and littler sound Nothing new here to be found Life’s a game, a turn about … Continue reading

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Vale Robin Williams

They say what we see Of shining stars Is distant death Like light you fell The saddest news We draw our breath From pain is fashioned The purest silk Soliloquy You made them laugh You danced for all The world … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged , , , , | 11 Comments

Say My Name

Say my name In deepest Winter As icicles form upon Your very breath You’ll call me thief Of joyful memories Make me someone You won’t forget Say my name When Autumn’s colours Paint a picture Upon the lawn I am … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Cold, Cold

Her face was shiny, sickly So unwell, her fingers trembled as she held a cup so brimming, but lifelessly skimming, of cold, cold coffee Something in her broken Like fine porcelain left out in wind and rain, she seemed a … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

Sadness

I am a sadness without name Tears are unshed from blue grey eyes I am a candle without a flame Dull recognition without surprise Disconsolate dreaming without an aim Where is the sky for this bird to arise? Where is … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Not You

The doorbell rang My heart it sang But it wasn’t you The telephone call Was a rise, then fall It wasn’t you The letter I read Was another’s instead And not from you And the email received Gave me no … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry, Water | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

The Limerick That Yearned For More

There once was a limerick I knew That people would quote in review A laugh it would bring While it yearned to sing Of something more pure and true But the truth will not bring it much cheer Since sonnets … Continue reading

Posted in Air, Poetry | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 31 Comments