Love, or something like it (Autumn 2008)

The deeper stuff.

Cherry

Orbital

Orbital (16th September, 2008, 2.39pm) When You approach, my heart rises and swells, blood bubbles to the surface, magnetised, wells like magma at the centre of a planet. Orbital.
Cherry

Altersex

A little bit naughty.

Fractured

Fractured (16th September 2008, 4.25pm) And this is how it ends ________________Time has not been kind Like blows to backs of heads ________________I watched Taggart last night Alone

Ragwort

Ragwort (22nd September, 2008, 10.30am) Rip heart from roots like Ragwort picking, gloves slipping; green juice staining; grip becoming painful; weed sliding through; strength draining;
Cherry

Snails on the Floor of Heaven

Snails on the Floor of Heaven (22nd September 2008, 2.41pm) We stood under the almond trees, waving long canes like medieval jousters, bashing at the branches until they surrendered

Road to Ruin (Inspiration Point)

Road to Ruin (9th October 2008,12.25pm) (two lines taken from SOiL’s ‘Road to Ruin’) I shield my eyes as the sun sighs down in despair; she lowers her gaze from

Penetrates

Penetrates (23rd October 2008, 10.07pm) Eyes demand answers, yet I have nothing to say; Wind sweeps words before me that I chase, disjointed, crazed; like leaves on the river,
Cherry

Once more with Peeling

Once more with Peeling (7th November 2008, 10.23am) Rinse our hands of this and then repeat;
Cherry

Singular (Inspiration Point)

Singular (Inspiration Point) (7th November, 2008, 1.15pm) Single. Tick the box, choose a job, choose life… it’s not always a choice, you know! I swear at the page;

Tender Bruises (inspired by elements' 'night poem')

Tender Bruises (12th November 2008, 7.10am) It was here, yes, here in the dark that you moved in me; I could not see you, then, but I felt you. My legs graze sheets, seeking
Cherry

Sniffing

Oh dear me, do I need help?

Will you listen to me?

Will you listen to me? (Rhetorical Question) (12th Dec 2008, 11.23pm) Can I have your attention, please? Stand up straight, fall to your knees: find your comfortable level