Restlessness and loneliness

We reach out for a great many thingsand some of those things we reach out forfall within our grasp.While other things we reach out for are unattainable,but we reach out for themjust the same again and again.It is up to us to choose which is which.Love and friendshipare always within our graspif we reach out…

you can see their shadowsslip quietly across the wall.A cold shiver runs down your backbecause you know no one is there.They dance in the moonbeamscascading through the curtains gapleaving behind a fragrant perfume,the only evidence they were there.Two fleeting shadowsof lovers long gone awaycoming back brieflyto celebrate some anniversary.In your sleep you can see them,open…

painted pink and greyfrom the setting sunat the end of another day.19 February 2008

out of the corner of my eye.Their shapes are assorted,animal and human,but when I look aroundthe shadows are gone.I know some act as a warningof some imminent thing to come.Don’t ask me how I know,just suffice to say I do.Throughout my life,strange and unexplained thingshave happen to me.It is if I’m channelling energyfrom some unknown…

and can never again be near.An empty stocking on the fireplacewhere a filled one should be,the vacant place under the treewhere presents should be,The empty space in our heartswe carry with us all the timeand sadness lines our facesthat should be filled with smiles.Christmas should be a time of celebration,but with the empty spacesthere is…

When I was a kid I wanted to be a policeman,though I had the height,I wasn’t that smart,so as that idea went out the windowand no new ideas came along,I decided to become a nobodyfor what else could I be.I was no good at English,nor any good at maths,I couldn’t even roller skateas I kept…