WORDS

The Sea Has Whispered in my Ear

your darkness is your beauty,
your flaws are now your strengths,
your courage but your weakness,
your mind a stunning mess

your light appears a beacon
but it will not save me
we do not have each other
we only have the sea

break under the surface
surrender to your plight
allow your heart to freeze there
swallowing your pride

use your hands for making
a gentle burning fire
and be among the diamonds
of the softly swirling night



Wash Away

Only the broken feel this way,

Unanchored, like driftwood
Misplaced and washed ashore,

Quietly staring at the wall

At the end of the night,

It's just me and the stars,
And I revel in having no other point of reference

It's easier to fall away,

Than to strain my eyes reading between the lines
Cos all that's there is white space,
Unfulfilling and void of meaning

It leaves me listless, bored

And filled with sad misunderstandings

To always long for more,
and disappointment becomes so bittersweet
You seem addicted to my pain,
It seems that's all you hunger for

 Gone Now

The neighbourhood is filled with your ghosts

How am I to forget you, hanging around like this?

There you were just last night

Where I skated over those cracks in the footpath

Those cracks that remind me of my heart

And last week, when I pulled my hood up over my head,

Caught my reflection in the shop window

For a minute it wasn’t me looking back at myself

But your beautiful face instead,

And you whispered something to me,

Something so faint, that I never did hear it or understand

Among the supermarket shelves, near the chilli sauce

I felt your sneaky shadow there right behind me,

Felt your breath on my neck

But only for a moment, before you disappeared

The way you always do

Past the park bench I drove, where we sat those nights

I turned my head to look, though I told myself I wouldn’t

And I saw you sitting there, so casually lingering

The way the smell of your hair seems still on my pillow

And I fall onto my bed at night now

Where you once were

Unable to decide is the bed is warm or cold

There, on my passenger seat I saw the lolly wrapper you left

The way it glistened in the sun, I picked it up, and felt so silly

It’s just a wrapper! Empty and discarded,

Yet for no good reason, I keep it there only cos it was yours

That night we drove back from the city, fast

The long way home, we missed our turn off and knew it

So busy talking about our wounds and awakenings,

We found our way home

But how will I ever find my way back from you?

This evil thing called hope, how it cheats me heart

Go away, and give me hopelessness instead

Take my memories, I want to forget them

I took that cursed hope, and I squeezed it in my weak hand

Tossed it away as hard and far as I know how,

But back it came, like a boomerang, it returned to me

Upon the cold wind