quinta-feira, 22 de julho de 2010

change


and so the world changed before my eyes.
and you changed.
you changed me.



domingo, 18 de julho de 2010

My poems: deeper grey

sometimes I walk alone
soaked in blood and rain
allowing tears to form
tasting the fear of feeling
life's pulse in raptures

I woke up today
in a haze of love
and all my resistance caved in
into a deeper grey

sábado, 17 de julho de 2010

My poems: obedience

obedience

when you hear me speak
about the footprints of the world
and everything people leave behind
think about that time
when we sat
on a room with a view
melting in the sun
trying to connect
trying to be obedient again

segunda-feira, 12 de julho de 2010

touching my hand



i see someone touching my hand

pushing me to see

but there's nothing but air there

the fingers pulling me can't make me real


they're covering my eyes now

showing me the future in waves

tearing me open with the pain


these hands

left truths in my body

open boxes for me to close


and i'm hanging

sábado, 10 de julho de 2010

Poem of the day: Tell Me

Sara London

Tell Me

In my country
you say, "there is
no word for it."
In my country
you say, "our
way of life."
In my country
you might over-
hear the story
of the woman
with eleven children,
who never once
achieved orgasm.
Here, the diffident
are the squires
of conviction;
they know that
talking undid
a few people.
Here, a woman
saddened by love
might lose her
gloves, blame her
children, then find
them under her hat
on top of her head.
It is always
the mother
in my country.
Tell me
it is different
in yours.

Fear

It's all very overwhelming isn't it? Life, being alive, living.

segunda-feira, 5 de julho de 2010