“Of course you’re not perfect. And neither am I.” My partner looks me straight in the eye, wiping the torrent of tears from my flushed cheeks. “I don’t want perfect. Perfection isn’t real. I want you, exactly as you are. I want us. Two people who love each other, learning from their mistakes and doing their …
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Rain drums on shuttered windows, a melancholy rhythm to our sorrow. The sky weeps with us in desolate abandon, screaming to a Universe that will not hear us. We are drowning in the hollow void of you, but we don’t fight it. Not anymore. I am unforgiving of the cruel world marching ever on, As though you had not …
“Sky above me. Earth below me. Fire within me.” In the twilight we drink tea, hold hands and watch, enchanted, as nature’s fireworks dance across the horizon. Electrical storms spiral like screaming tornados into the waiting ocean, and the sky blazes violet-white behind shifting storm clouds. We look up in wonder at a precious glimpse of heaven, gone …
I know you. At least, I did once. You are struggling and I can sense it, even now. Even after all this time. You still have a piece of my soul, entwined deeply with yours and it feels you when you writhe and moan in troubled sleep. You may not realise that you call my …
The heavy smog of guilt surrounds me…slowly, silently. It suffocates my joy as I struggle to break free from the strangling noose it tightens around my throat. It’s hard to fight a ghost. It’s dark shape changes when I manage to catch hold of it, and it twists and turns in my desperate hands. I …
During the darkest depths of last year, I sat alone on a leafy sidewalk in West Sydney Suburbia. Birdsong echoed amongst solemn trees and tears burned my eyes as they streamed into the swirling dust at my feet. There were no souls to witness my despair, and I was always grateful for that. Face upturned to …
“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.“ ~ Brian Andreas Love …
My friend, you have smoked cigarettes for as long as I can remember. And I have hated it for just as long. I hope you will believe me when I tell you that this is not intended as judgement. It’s not about preaching “right” from “wrong” to you. It’s your body and you have every …
“A warrior of the light is never in a hurry. Time works in his favour; he learns to master his impatience and avoids acting without thinking.” ~ Paulo Coelho. My life long secret habit is impatience. My fiancé would probably argue that this is the world’s worst kept ‘secret’, but then our loved ones often see …
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As I reflect back on 2014, the stand outs for me are: grief, loss, change, growth, creativity, love. This year has stolen loved ones from me. Death permanently took a piece of my heart, and my world was completely shattered beyond recognition. Everything that I thought I knew turned out to be wrong. My well defined …