THE UNRAVELLING JOURNEY
I used to be a person who was afraid to speak my truth. I used to feel as though words were all tangled up inside me, like old ropes washed up by the sea on the coarse sand of my aching throat. I used to [...]
ORIGAMI DISGUISES
He tells me the sickness in my lungs is sadness. “Sadness about what?” I ask. There are so many possibilities, but only one I do not want to name. He shakes his head and smiles, his eyes twinkling, as though it is all a game [...]
INTO THE HEART OF SORROW
Into the heart of sorrow you have taken me, with your wide wings of longing and your sharp beak of truth. Into the heart of sorrow we have flown and we have known love's aching reality, That none can give another what she cannot give [...]
I WANT TO UNRAVEL YOU
I want to unravel you like a ball of sky blue wool. I want to tease away the tangles, and the pain, so cruel. I want to slip my fingers into every knot of thought and pull you free, unfettered... And I want to be [...]