#mushy
Don't look for love
it's the worst thing you can do.
It stresses you out,
and makes you feel blue.
Makes you question everything
you thought you knew.
Question your looks, your attitude,
charm, compassion, intelligence.
You'll always be searching for answers,
Forever on the defense.
Looking for love,
is just too hard to do.
So just stop looking,
forget about love!
And when you do,
when you discover you're comfortable
just being you.
That's the time that love
will take your breath away.
It will come and hit you,
right out of the blue.
So stop looking for love!
When you're ready,
When the time is right.
Love will suddenly,
and undeniably find you.
Mar 11, 2025
Mar 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM UTC
I’m Coming for you Bob...
To Hull & Back...
to Carver’s Just for the Mushy Peas!
As a little lad, I think on a Sat’day morning, we’d go
to a market somewhere, was it on the docks?
Asked our Brian, he’s smart, he said it were... I thought - he’d know.
...After all the mooching, the tugging, the shushing, the rows
and all me **** “where’s he gone nows?”
If I stuck it out long enough wi’out gerrin’ a clout,
we’d sit inside, or sometimes out,
of a blue striped tent - and I’d eat mushy peas.
There might have been chips,
there could have been fish;
Mam always had fish,
Brian, would have had a pattie... well, he was 12(ish)
Not sure I’d even have known about patties all them years back.
But anyway peas is what sticks in my mind…
and all down the front of me jumper...or sometimes on me mac.
They say - if you haven’t been to Carver’s
you haven’t been to Hull.
Well Bob... I’m coming back!… And’ll
bet,
when I was digging mushy peas
with my fork back in Fifty Three,
it were your Grandad, (also Bob) would have been serving me!
Cheers! And, I know it's cheeky - but - Can I have scraps wi'that?
Dec 30, 2020
Dec 30, 2020 at 10:27 AM UTC
When the weather changes
and it's finally September
I feel in love.
When the breeze is cool
everything is better
I feel in love.
When I can wear a beret or
don a favorite coat
I feel in love.
& when I sit down and read
something that you wrote
I feel in love.
Sep 1, 2020
Sep 1, 2020 at 4:03 PM UTC
I love how you make me laugh until I cry
and that you constantly make me smile
because you rescued that sparkle in my eye
that had been missing for quite a while.
I love the way you stare at me
and how calm you make me feel.
Our energies flow so naturally
that sometimes it seems surreal.
I love the memory of our first date
especially when you hugged me at the end
and I love that you believe in soul mates
and how quickly you became my best friend.
I love it when you call me stunning
randomly and completely out of the blue
and when you kiss me, my heart starts running
because I’m hopelessly and madly in love with you.
Jul 2, 2019
Jul 2, 2019 at 4:29 PM UTC
I love her, that's it.
There is no why or how,
No when and where.
There is no binding document,
No "terms and conditions".
Why do organisms evolve?
To become better, to thrive.
I think of this when I am asked why.
How is it that a creature as small as the ant is one of the most successful?
They work together and put every fiber of their being to one purpose.
I think of this when I am asked how.
When the universe began, is that when time began?
If so, that is when.
Where may one feel life reverberate in the beautiful emptiness of all that exists?
The answer to this is where my love does lay.
Oct 9, 2018
Oct 9, 2018 at 6:12 PM UTC
we leave the crumbs of our breakfast
on the windowsill, where we can watch
the ants arrive, and carry them away,
to their hills at the base of the maple trees.
they can't talk to us, but we can sense
their tiny gratitudes.
skin against skin, and tongues against
tongues, the glow from our faces is just
enough for the moths to recognize, for
them to want to dance around our heads.
they bask in the light of our love, and we
know they feel it too.
i live to see you smile, the kind of smile
that shines so brightly, like the way a leaf
beetle's shell does, when the sun decides
to hit it in a way that's exactly right.
they don't notice their iridescence, or how
perfect they are.
Aug 2, 2018
Aug 2, 2018 at 3:17 AM UTC
If my watch breaks
Then I will show you the wrinkles
On my heart
So you know how long
I've been waiting for your love
Jun 21, 2018
Jun 21, 2018 at 11:10 AM UTC
*Every night crawling
into bed beside you
Wrapping my arm around you
Drawing you closer
Into the perfect spoon
Our skin to skin one caress
Comforting one another as we fade into dream
every morning
Waking
before the alarm sounds
To the feel of your arm
Out-stretched & Searching
for me beside you
Finding me, finding you
the safety, the joy
The serenity of feeling Home
In our bubble
At the peak of the mushroom
free of anxiety, ego dissolved
A familiar peace abounds
Amid the chaos of the mind fray
Our souls dance
Together and free
Simultaneously lost and found
in your emerald gaze
Peering endlessly as
the periphery fades to blur
and all that exists is We
All is you and me
We are All
Feeling every molecule
of You
As we merge our physicality
The Gnosis in the mushroom
Illuminating the Archaic
Gnosis in our beings
Reigniting and fuelling our twin flame
the magnetic synergy of our Souls
Sharing time
Sharing space
In your intoxicating presence
In your nourishing embrace
Engaging in ceremony with you
Honouring spirit
Of the Earth, of ourselves
Casting intentions to the four winds
Through the cleansing of raging fire
Discovering the rhythm of personal expression
Under the full blood blue moon
Our spotlight on the stage of surrender
Hanging effortlessly in
the star-speckled Black of Night
Finding the circular beat
Of your two drum-heart-beats
Through the noise
of solo djembes on their own tangent
Desperate to find the momentum of song
Our trio in unison
Our drums in harmony and rhyme
Synchronised in time
A voiceless song of the divine
These and many more
moments you've given to me
We created the space and
seized the opportunity
I hold them in memory immemorial
And the feelings they inspired
Infused forever into my "me-ness"
I thank You
I miss You
I Love You
Forever my Moon
And one day my Sun*
Feb 9, 2018
Feb 9, 2018 at 9:58 AM UTC
.
*When you pinned the daisy to my lapel
you said 'that is where the fairies dwell',
and this special gift from you to me
was because you loved me beautifully.*
© Pagan Paul (03/01/18)
Jan 4, 2018
Jan 4, 2018 at 12:41 PM UTC
I try to pour this light
from my insides,
brighten up the walls
that hold you.
Oct 11, 2017
Oct 11, 2017 at 2:40 AM UTC
When the beating of your heart change,
Because of the texts you just exchange.
When someone's smile makes your heart fly,
And you know there are no rules to apply.
When you can't stop thinking,no matter,
And promises yourself to do better .
When you feel so light ,
And just want to hold on tight.
When you feel you can change the world,
But still can't say the word.
What you can do for them is whatever,
And the promises of forever.
When you can take what life give,
And still have the power to forgive.
When there's no right or wrong of a side,
Because that one person is by your side.
....Gulishta
Sep 19, 2017
Sep 19, 2017 at 4:15 AM UTC
While I fall asleep thinking of you, the butterflies in my stomach are wide awake.
When I wake up thinking about you, all my troubles and worries slip into slumber.
The more I get, the more I want to stay away.
The more I stay away, the more I want.
I try to walk away but my legs don't move,
When my legs move, my heart's still stuck in my moment with you.
The drag of your slightest touch sparks a fire that no one can extinguish,
You have me drowning in the pool of my fantasies.
You stubborn inferno,
You gentle sea.
The power to move my blood at your accord,
Yet not enough to move me away from you.
You're my down fall
You're my strength
And
I hate that I love you
Aug 24, 2017
Aug 24, 2017 at 4:35 PM UTC
I love this boy
I really do love this boy
Nothing and no one can tell me I don't
Nothing and no one can tell me I can't
Oh how good it feels to be in love
Not just the beginning mushy part
The parts that matter
The happy parts
The sad parts
Just being in your arms is wonderful
It's beautiful
It's home...
Feb 23, 2017
Feb 23, 2017 at 6:23 PM UTC
You've got me thinking I must be dying
Because with you I see the light
And I am constantly tripping on euphoric delight
Every moment and kiss, has got me addicted to this….
Love we fell into, this wonderful bliss
I promise you sweetheart, my undying affection
Which has grown only stronger from our first interaction
That instant connection which was pure perfection
How I lived without you, is beyond my comprehension
Without you I was lost, but with you I am whole
And darling, I love you, with all my heart and my soul
Jun 29, 2016
Jun 29, 2016 at 11:42 AM UTC
textbook-romance;
one-sided and sickly
sweet i'd take you
into town and tell
you all the places
i've fallen and every
time i've ran from
the cops (read:- security
guys in neon shirts)
if you'd let me,,
and i'll doodle on
the margins of your
notebook and we can be
fawning-gushing high
school lovebirds until
i get sick of you just
like everybody else.
i am self-destruct i do
not care at all i am so
sick of this.
Jan 23, 2016
Jan 23, 2016 at 6:15 PM UTC
Criss-cross of arteries unclaimed in Lost and Found.
Accidental knots bound together by frayed ends.
Applesauce and pork chops may be ******* up logic,
but I'm so glad we are friends.
A cactus ***** can be the catalyst of an unspoken understanding.
We bleed our bloods into each other until the gaps are just the abstract outlines of us.
Failed to falter on this landing -
Let's hold hands and jump these last few steps.
Where every other shallow swimmer surfaced half-bloated by their purpose,
we've maintained our depth.
Half-swimming, half-drowning;
all while halving the latest trends.
Just in case I haven't mentioned it already;
I'm so glad that we're friends.
Exhausted by the constant exasperation of our own attempts to exaggerate self-condemnation.
It's so nice to find a place to rest.
BFF, BFFLE, BIEH.
Hey,
how're you doing there bestie?
I get it.
You get it.
We get it.
It's gotten.
All our fondest memories are the ones all but forgotten.
Hearts on ice.
Hearts in grass.
Hearts as apple-shaped shards of glass.
We stand here together on the sharpest edge.
I ******* love you guys.
I'm so glad we're friends.
Nov 7, 2015
Nov 7, 2015 at 11:42 PM UTC
As the Earth rotates along it’s axis at a million
Million miles an hour, no one on Earth can feel the speed.
Yet while everyone shuffles past us, I’m moving at a
Billion trillion miles an hour and I love every moment.
At a time devoid of laughter, you make my sides just rip apart,
And you’ve put your hands upon and warmed my cold and frosty heart.
Your voice, I wish, it could be played in my head again and again
But it can’t, so I’ll just wait ‘til I call you again.
I need you to kiss me, because my lips hurt from falling
Head over heels.
All these feels, **** all these feels.
Tell me, baby, is this really real?
I don’t have much time left and I just can’t sit by and let
Life pass me by, so then why when a long-lost love comes around
Do I sit here and try to convince myself just
To tell her.
**** man, don’t just try and compel her.
Don’t impress or act fake, don’t be something you’re not,
Ask “What Would Will Do?” and then give it a shot,
So I tell her that I have longed for her kiss and her
Hands interlocked within mine makes me grin
Like a ******* a fool, but I don’t care because
She is mine.
She is fine.
Now I put my heart out on the line.
Here I go, no tip-toes, I run straight, don’t look back,
The pulse in my chest feels like a heart attack,
But I calm down and smile when I realize it’s just
How she makes me feel.
My heart and my brain, now on the same page
For the first time, yes, it’s a shock.
People always gave me compliments and told me I was funny,
But I never thought that it would be enough to please you, honey,
So I walked away and sighed and didn’t want to go,
And so now, the water’s won’t be tested with a toe.
I’m diving headfirst, into picnics and dates and
Candy cane kisses at way-past-too-late,
And coffee breath pillow talk, but we just don’t care…
God, do I wish I could just smell her hair.
Of all the inhabitants of this small world,
I just can’t believe that I found you.
Got so lucky to just stick around you.
Music’s our blood and the roads are sheet music
So let’s write our own silly love song.
With your smile, I simply can’t go wrong.
Can we dance in gazebos and see that, these, and then those,
And whatever may come in between.
On top of the world, Titanic-sized love,
Except we don’t hit icebergs, we climb them.
Apr 24, 2015
Apr 24, 2015 at 5:59 PM UTC
You amaze me.
Through millions of miles,
I see your face;
Through many heart aches we take,
We kiss;
Through our hardest moments,
We hold hands;
You amaze me, truly;
And I love you.
Forever.
Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 2015 at 9:55 AM UTC
Minty green and mean,
Mushy pea clean.
Add to the plate,
Of your best mate.
Mushy peas and chips,
Raised to the lips.
Believe me when I say,
A sensation so intense,
Will leave you, in suspense.
Mushy peas
Minty green, yet supreme.
© Nick Strong 2014
Oct 27, 2013
Oct 27, 2013 at 3:00 PM UTC
When you look up at the sky,
the moon herself blushes,
for the light in your eyes
shines brighter than hers.
Aug 26, 2014
Aug 26, 2014 at 11:10 PM UTC