Penny and Charlie
have been my constant companions,
sleeping snuggled up
at my feet,
behind my back,
above my head
on my laptop
in fact
anywhere that is
warm
and quiet

Two very robust flies came in,
then promptly
went out
the window

but only after they
had buzzed
around
and around
and around
and around
and around
...
They didn't seem to know
where they were
or
what they were doing

Breakfast, lunch and tea
has been delivered,
religiously,
with a flourish
and a flower
from the garden


Toast and jam,
cheese sandwiches
shepherd's pie,
copious cups of coffee
along with
the odd fairy cake

which i must say
was greatly received


Tablets have been administered,
quite adeptly I would say,
in a professional manner,
with a glass of water,
freshly poured
from the bathroom tap.

It's the thought that counts


There seem to be
only two cobwebs
in here.

One that is tucked into the corner,
the other,
just under the bookcase.
The one just under the bookcase moves with the breeze.
I wonder where it's spider is?

I must remember to wash the windows,
and mow the lawn
and sort that pile of books out
to go back to the library.

I wonder what has happened in the world outside today?
I can hear someone
mowing their lawn.


I can see blue sky and white clouds.
It looks like a lovely day outside.

When I'm better
I'll do the washing,
and hang it out
in the breeze.


I might try and move,
to see if it still hurts..

These covers are so warm

I think it must be an easy life
being a cat.
If there is another life
beyond this,
I'd want to be a cat.

Yes... it hurts to move
Maybe I will just have a nap,
and pretend i'm a cat.
After all
it's only 1:30
in the afternoon.

Plenty of time
to have another nap
and rest
in my bed
🛌

It travels in my rucksack
To and fro each way
Snuggled in the darkness
For days and days and days

🍎 🍏 🍎

I had such good intentions
A perfect little snack
To keep me fit and healthy
In a bag upon my back

🍎 🍏 🍎

Now and then I'd get it out
To see if it was bruised
Or pop it back into the fridge
Only then to be rechoosed

🍎 🍏 🍎

I'd always be so happy
To have an apple in my bag
If feeling rather peckish
It's the first thing I could snag

🍎 🍏 🍎

But this battered little apple
Would be left without a bite
Languishing in darkness
Tucked away, out of sight

🍎 🍏 🍎

Today i'll eat this apple!
I promised everyday
And off we went again
And did i eat it?? Nay...

🍎 🍏 🍎

F'rall the times it went to work
It've earnt a pretty penny
Instead of all the bruises
Of that, there were many

🍎 🍏 🍎

So this morning i decided
To set my apple free
As it was now inedible
Well, at least for me

🍎 🍏 🍎

So i went into the garden
And hung the apple from a tree
So the birds could have the pleasure
Of an apple for their tea

🍎 🍏 🍎

The birds they did obliged me
With rawcus crows of joy
Pecking like jack hammers
The apple they'd destroy

🍎 🍏 🍎

So I've made myself a promise
To not waste another fruit
Now in my bag, a small companion

Jeremy, my pet newt.

🦎

i have seen you
i have spoken to you...
with you..
in different times
in different lives

the same moon
the same sun
we touched our hearts
and our minds
everso gently
in friendship
and the will to do
what was right

in truth we conversed
about truth

we trusted eachother
not truly knowing
one another

but certainly understanding
our shared understanding

a common sense of right
and wrong
you were there for me

and you saved me
from suffocating
in a toxic pool
of deception

i see you still
in different guises
different names
different from before
but still the same

and i wish this world...

this world right here...

would know that
today i breathe
because you held my head
above the water

and didn't let me drown

i own everything i do.
and everything i am
(good or bad)
belongs to me
.
i have never had such assiduity
in my own existence.

there is no wonder
in why
i choose to be the island
that i am.

coming home at half past dusk
my body is so very weary
my fingers are cold
my tummy
empty
my thoughts are of home
as i trudge my way
through the darkness

a darkness that falls like
autumn leaves.

from late afternoon
the darkness settles
on the ground

starting with the sky
it falls like a billowing eiderdown
onto a cold autumnal bed

twilight flutters
and spiraling down
it slips quietly between the streets
filling fields

covering
in layer upon layer
of blues and violet hues
upon the houses
and the buildings below

tiny stars begin to glow
as the sky turns to indigo

dreams fall upon the cars
and their lonely passengers

radios on
heater cranked to ten

everyone yawning with wishes of home
waiting for the lights to change

commanders of stop and go
the sentry lollipops
are shining their beams
that dazzle so bright

like stars that burn my eyes
as only i can see
the mirage of wondrous colours

its funny how the imperfections
in my vision
make the ordinary
extra ordinary
as i am blinded by something
not real
unreal
more than ordinary

glorious illusions
of glittering light
and as i slowly open
and close my eyes
playing with
the beams to elongate
bend and dazzle
red, gold and  green
blinking in disbelief
at the traffic lights delight

night falls and dutifully
it carpets the world

from work
to home
from home
to work
from work
to home...

ad infinitum

coming home
at the end of the day
to the aroma of stew
the warmth of love

my key opens the lock to a
temporary freedom

and the so begins the unwinding
of the machines fingers
the hamster wheel stops at the door
and gratitude fills my soul as i walk in
through the real world portal

dogs barking
cats milling
food
laughter
love

yes this...
and only this....

this is a joyous wage
for a job well done