Two tiny pills redish brown like rust
taken about an hour before I wish to drift off
and forget about the days troubles.  
They control my dreams
allow me to sleep, unbothered
by the monsters screaming in my head
Two tiny pills 25mg a piece
I swallow almost effortlessly
letting the chemicals take effect
the sounds of chaos are soon drowned out
by the waves of calm
I can sleep now thanks to
Two Tiny Pills

Knuckles clenched
Knees bouncing
Fingers twirling
Step
         By
               Step
Watching his feet travel
With the ball leading the way
Time ticking
To the beat of my heart

Bending the knee
Like a bow and arrow
Pull it              All
                  The
         Way
Back
and Release

Ball is flying
Breath is held
Time is silent

Sudden roar
Smiles and hugs
Finally
The game has been won

His smile brighter than the flashing score
He raises his hand and moves it side to side
I do the same plus make a fist and let my thumb stand tall
His feet start to jump
Sprinting up
Two steps at a time

Closer
             Coming
                               Closer
                               To me

Grinning wide
Extending arms
Ready to congratulate him while holding
His body
In mine

But it never happens
He sprints past                       me
His feet keep traveling
                                     Higher
                                 Up
                         The
                 Cold
         Metal
Stands

Heart slowly falling apart
As his arms fall around
Her



Hugging
Smiling
Laughing

But
Not
With me

Softly kisses
Her
Cheek

As he softly
Breaks
My
Heart

A child draws the outline of a body.
She draws what she can, but it is white all through,
she cannot fill in what she knows is there.
Within the unsupported line, she knows
that life is missing; she has cut
one background from another. Like a child,
she turns to her mother.

And you draw the heart
against the emptiness she has created.

it was as though
we had been summoned

and there we stood
in a gaze

holding the stage
softly stood upon

we danced away
a messenger arrived
one of a thousand languages

i found myself
speaking with
a fiery spirit

enter silence

To say why I loved you would be challenging.
I have endeavoured before,
to grasp the ineffable
But every peculiarity,
however inscrutable
enriches the cherishing I retain for your whole vitality.
Like...
The profound way you brandish your smile at me when,
you catch me watching you for a second sustained too long

Y’know, when your thoughts are as dark as mine –
The night isn’t as scary
nor the monsters so creepy.

You become the scary night
and the monsters children fear.
You’re the ugly, crooked criminal
held back from all that you hold dear.
The night, to you, becomes bright
and all the nocturnal fright
will be your cause
and your plight.

They amputated
Your thighs off my hips.
As far as I'm concerned
They are all surgeons.  All of them.

They dismantled us
Each from the other.
As far as I'm concerned
They are all engineers.  All of them.

A pity.  We were such a good
And loving invention.
An aeroplane made from a man and wife.
Wings and everything.
We hovered a little above the earth.

We even flew a little.