There is so much to be said of him.
I love you, Grandpa.
Scary me...

CovetingFeather pillows behind store windows taunt and tease with promises of theCoveting
soft luxury of peace; waking late at night, insufficiency is found without them, and while sleep should be deep, store windows are calling from rainy sidewalks, while hands rest longingly on the glass.
Perspective
The Grapevine

Soul SearchingSoul SearchingSoul Searching
Who are you? Do you know? Have you looked inside To see if you can see?
Who you are is there You are not what you show To the World through your skin Nor are you who your ego tells you to be
You can see your spirit within If you are brave enough to look The idea scares you You have so much tucked away
You keep yourself hidden Not from others Not from the ones you love But from yourself
Your spirit leaks into the world And reveals your nature, your truth Many others see this around


Wordspill: GlassSCRUBWordspill: Glass
I look into the pond, the water still and silent as a looking glass; no ripples from groping fish mouths or prying spring breeze.
I see myself cock my head to get a better view of my own face my hair falling in tangled curls to obscure my doll-pale features. The red lipstick has clung to the outside of my lips, a scarlet frame to the softer pink in the middle. The mascara has crumbled from my light-brown eyelashes, sitting in ugly specks on my now rouge-less cheeks.
I can see no sadness in my eyes, where I know there was grief but ten minutes ago.
I frown in frustration as I try to f


Tomorrow.You sit at your coffin desk, your back and neck as stiff as the cheap pine. Tap tap at the keyboard, the numbers and letters whirring past so that hours seem like minutes and before you know it -- tic tic -- you've killed another day.Tomorrow.
Your hands are ageing and, unlike your sag-lined face, you can't avoid looking at them through the day. Indoor-air has paper thinned your once pink skin, and dried it over your veins like clingfilm over rivulets of biro ink.
Even your footsteps seem stiff, and you can no longer seem to emulate the flowing-haired youngsters that trip and skip along like deer. Your rigor-mortis stride ha
Love,
db
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I look older than I act.
Love,
db
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I look older than I act.
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