Thursday 28 February 2013

Sincere Gestures


Who ever knew 
     That something as simple as a hug could mean so much
I can’t remember the last time I received a genuine hug 
The last time someone reached out and took me in their arms 
And then there you are offering me a kind embrace
Which is so foreign to me that I at first confuse it for some sort of awkward sideways high-five       before realizing it was a hug              
And then you held me gently in your arms
Your sweater soft and comforting
Your warmth filling me up as a I breathed in your scent 
And awkwardly rested my chin on your sharp shoulder bone
I felt as if I would cry 
Because you had reached out to me 
Like no other 
In the simplest and sweetest of human gestures 
An Embrace 

Wednesday 27 February 2013

Full Moon


As I looked up at the full moon tonight 
I wondered if you were looking at it too
And then I began to wonder 
how many other hundreds and thousands of people 
were all looking up at that same moon 
And how many of them were wondering
if someone else was sharing the same moon with them 
And I thought it was a beautiful thing, 
how so many different beings can share 
something so simple and so natural 
So I as thought about the moon 
and you
and what the moon might meant to you
and to everyone else in this world, 
I realized there was actually a pretty good chance 
you were sleeping 
and not sharing the moon with me 
for it was almost three AM 
So I closed my curtains 
crossed the room 
and crawled into my empty bed 
feeling smaller and more alone than I had in a while 

Thursday 7 February 2013


You Pull me in, 
and wrap your icy fingers around me
in a cold embrace. 

You swirl and twirl my hair, 
into a mess of beautiful curls. 

You sweep me off my feet, 
and pull me into your depths. 
Only to release me for a gasp of air. 

You hold me on my back, 
so that I may face the sky. 

You surround me with rhythm, 
and your repeated sway of movement. 

And when I finally leave you, 
the taste of salt still on my lips, 
I hear you calling me back, 
Begging me to allow you to pull me under once more.