Monday, 20 November 2017

Patchwork dreaming: spoiled fruit

Behold,
a plump peach at its peak;
Taut, furred skin wrapped around thick flesh,
wrapped around a seed; inside a dream sleeps.

Caught up in the sublime,
how easy it is to forget,
prime is same time
closer to rot than ever.

When it cracks
awake,
the dream will emerge - no rush,
soft as a new mother’s touch,
advances
pushing
carving out its way,
possessed
by its purpose.

Such is nature
to turn small things greater;
as great must turn small
All heed the call.

Rising from the putrid,
finally, free of its housing
the dream consumes its broken surroundings
building while destroying, its spirit buoyant.
Meanwhile,
the peach
melts
defeated
at peace.

My collections of mistakes
incline to repeat.
Repetition fathers learning
Soon mine must be complete…

Let it crack!

Wednesday, 21 June 2017

Writing

Remember to embrace that ill fitting feeling
As you try to sit still and write

You wriggle
struggling to ring something concise and sensical
out of the cloth you have dipped in the meandering, jumbled stream

Keep at it
though you may eventually go away
only to return and find the words you never knew you had
now slide out in a lackadaisical fashion
eased by thin coats of ectoplasm