Double Tap Heart

On

autopilot

I

• Turquoise Water

set on fire

smells

fresh and fine and foreign

(not "foreign" as in "strange or alien"

but

"foreign"

A thousand splendid suns

How could I make you understand
That that kiss burned with the fire
Of a thousand, splendid suns
All bottled up…

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Lock

And

as

The Lives of Others

My

little black book

tracks

the

lives of others

births and brides and deaths and dates;

in

Autopilot

Looked up from my screen
As night overtook the day
Rubbed the weariness from my eyes
Musing that this, was no way
To live a life.
Then…

The lives of others

The lives of others,
Seem to hold some fascination for us.
From the time we’re infants,
We’re made to serve stints,
In the…

Adam, one afternoon

Adam, one afternoon, had gone on a walk
And wandered out of the garden
When he heard people talk.

Right ho Jeeves!

“Right ho, Jeeves!”
I say enthusiastically to a friend,
Who is the designated lockdown driver
For today’s journey through the…

The Alchemist

You search for the alchemist you know.
The one whose words,
Made you believe;
That even the lead in your soul,
Could be transformed…