I do not love you like a whisper on a breeze, Or softly as the warm summer rain. I am consumed each day by a ruthless hunger, That glows like a burning ember buried deep inside. We exist like a fire in potentia, Waiting for the breath from that first kiss...
Lexi watched from across the room as her roommate nibbled softly on the lid of her ballpoint pen. The habit had always amused her; that incessant need of hers to bite into something. There was barely a Biro left in the entire room which didn't have Katie’...
We linger awhile upon the grass Where chequered shadows of clouds doth pass, Shrouding the sun and its warming rays reach Before passing on to let the summer heat preach. How quiet it is, this peaceful scene, As though all were lost and no longer seen. Wa...
Lips to lips, a soul to kiss To rouse you from a peaceful sleep. I look into your quiet eyes And drink you in, but never too deep. For I could lose my steady footing, Precariously balanced, I risk it all. Should I step back to assured safety, Or take a le...
“Okay, he’s awake.” Those three words reverberated around the inside of his skull like it had been hollowed out with a blunt instrument, possibly a large serving spoon. He recognised them, he understood their meaning, but was unable to string them togethe...
Too long in love with easeful darkness, Replete with sorrow, filled to the seam.Plucked from its depths to bask in light's caress,As if slipping supinely into a dream. Poured forth from my lips my soul as sultry prose, From a heart as heavy as weathered s...
No world existed beyond the spill of cold light from the car headlamps. A midnight shroud had settled, smothering the land in a gloom where only dim glimmers and deep dark shadows existed. Storm clouds loomed menacingly in the nighttime sky, threatening a...
Saturday mornings felt like being wrapped up in a warm, snuggly blanket on an icy cold winter’s night. They are the sanctuary for the weekday weary, and for Sarah it meant she could rouse from her ‘slumber of the dead’ a couple of hours later than usual....
The echo of designer heels clicking across polished granite tiles pierced the silence of the building lobby. It was the confident stride of a young woman who to look at her, exuded contemporary class and an urban sophistication. She stepped into the eleva...
James had been propping up the bar all night, somewhat despondent at his lack of luck with the ladies. It wasn’t that he was unattractive, but he began to think that the desperation was evident on his face. “Can girls even see that?” he asked drunkenly wi...
The city burns down around my footsteps Consumed by the fires of inattention Discarded and forgotten Like a gentle whisper upon a breeze Fluttering away like the cold ash of the morning after I pass through this place Walking, hoping Dreaming A lost sou...
Through young willow tree ‘gainst which I rest, Warmest sunset bathed upraised face. As assiduous star slowly plunged from crest, Above this tranquil, mute resting place. Lulled to a slumber I float, serenely adrift Upon a lonely sea of unfulfilled dreams...
A petal falls and comes to float Upon a lake of placid still. Like gentle sway of empty boat, Oblivious to early morning chill. Upon the surface it skims along, Mirrored reflection in tranquil glass. Deaf to melodious dawn chorus-song, A fleeting moment,...
“Terry! Damn, watch what you’re doing.” The words were like nails on a chalkboard, wrenching her from the inky depths of peaceful sleep at eight o’clock on a Saturday morning. Desperately she tried to return to the dream, it had been wonderful, he had bee...
