stupid words

words stick

inside my brain

cracked fingernails

locked into tendrils

of everyday

tempting them

with cheese

and red wine

only brings out

stupid ones

...

the new dress

each day

worthless crooked fingers

sew impossible gossamer wings

for your wedding dress

and clasp tight in prayer

for it to lie unused

...

pothole

a flurry of harsh carbon

and gravel

forms a fist

smacking riders backward

hard

...

brutality

legs-core-heart-brain-soul

brutalised by icechill wind

and by each other

Image Sarah Black

...

kissed by the soil

shit under my nails

sun on my back

beasts greet my touch

growth, in my eye

kissed by the soil of the earth

i remember everything

with apologies to Jeff Martin

...

feet fly

clasped tight

to your hand

we follow

secret paths

access

hidden doors

feet depart

solid earth

a change

of mind

creates new

reality

...

right side

world turns right-side out

turquoise sky spins overhead:

sunshine smile compass

...