An unwise man once told me that I was a sinner She told me that in my eyes was an evil, demonic glimmer The tragedy is that for years I believed her I didn’t resist when my husband called me Darth Vader // So what can make something like that right in my soul How…
Category: Elves
Dearest Ones
Dearest ones I didn’t know there was a type of reverence That whispered into your soul the very truest meaning of the words I live to serve Her voice was quiet when she said it to me, and I shuddered quietly in turn And I suppose that quietitude is catching, because I haven’t heard anyone…
Flickering
The lights in the house next door start to flicker on But then I feel scared and shy and I want to run And I don’t know where this feeling comes from deep inside But it claws around in me and I want to hide So I guess I’ll play it straight for a while…
Shimmer
I love the way that the curl of your lip Eeks upwards over your beard on one side As though by reaching upwards it could touch Heaven Which is ironic really, when you think about how surely footed you are in the Earth Although you are ever climbing ever striving to reach just a little…
Guns and John Mayer
When I’m drawing blanks from the calibre of weapon in my arsenal And I can’t see a way to take someone off their self-appointed pedestal I’d like to say that I go peacefully into the quiet night like a good little poettess I’d like the knowledge that I can live and let live that I’m…
Thickened
An ice cold star flickers in the sky my lips meet yours and I taste Strawberry With small red chunks of dubious fruity origin stuck in your teeth Chocolate Malted and melted and mesmerising big brown eyes blinking Caramel Chewy like the rebound on your tongue and your spit is sweet like Vanilla And as…
Emerging From The Trees
I went for a walk in the woods and discovered that I’d lost my way And when I looked all I could see was the bitter end of a foggy day The sunlight was stranding through the trees in mysterious little wisps Like steam rising from the hot open pores in the earth swirling like…