30 July 24

There’s the pain

Of not seeing my children

And no one answering the phone

And then

There’s the pain

Of seeing children of Gaza

Maimed and broken, murdered and martyred

As the genocide

Rages on in

Palestine

[30 July 2024]

Hot breath

Our lips brush

Soft flesh

Hot breath

A hurried whisper

In your ear

An escape window

I might bring to you

A moment joy

A period of pain

Complications

And confusion

There’s no happy ever after

Just a moment in our lives

[01 September 2019]

Slamming

occasionally I glimpse 
someone I feel that I knew
between the moments of anger
and the door slamming shut

occasionally I glimpse
someone I think that I was
between moments of confusion
and the slamming of my heart

[10 August 2017]

Keep us both safe

Your hands are soft
Your hands are cool
I feel my warmth
Moving over
To you

Your eyes are dark
Your eyes are shining
I feel my longing
Moving over
To you

Your pain is real
Your pain is present
I feel my heart
Moving over
To you

But my pain is there
Buried down below
I fear it erupting
Moving over
To you

My heart must withdraw
To keep us both safe
I must stop
Moving over
To you


[07 July 2019]