No moon Trees hush Water lapping Your body floats On mine Squeezing Stars Bellies throb Breast To chest Damp hair Steaming Hard breathing We look up Not wanting To part And see Between Silhouettes Of giant Trees Orion The club Stalks Cassiopeia The chair, The serpent Rising.
Left. Creek. Splash. Above. Creek. Like a waterfall. Shuffling on the rocks
Music stuck in my head The crackling of fire pops in the mix of Maroon five and Early a. m. skies Stars Flicker in and out The breath of a man Just through making love To a mountain
Without the pain I wish to be Going to the one I loved yet now despise That mother is a mad one My youngest stares cross legged by the window With tears in her young eyes And I feel sick with grief
Nearly 18 years of hell with that bitch And all I told her of knowledge she ditched But I will pick up the pieces of turmoil Yet the pain burns within me For I am somewhat human And it's crap to feel
I make a smile form somehow And say my sweet daughter Let me tell you a story about George the kitten Yet I recant it with a broken heart My temple does not reside here anymore As I sold my heart to the love of poetry
I see Milka outside the farmhouse Feeding chickens She's still in her dressing gown As I ride up the drive She stops and waves to me
I park my bike against the fence And walk towards her
Mum's out Milka says Dad's on the farm The brothers are out On a shoot for dosh
I look at her standing there Forget to dress? I say Or is nightwear The new fashion?
I got up late And Dad asked me To feed the hens And I thought I'd best do it Before I forgot again She says
The hens peck around her Making hens sounds
Want a drink of coffee? She says
Sure I say
So she throws the last Of the chicken feed at them And we go inside the farmhouse And she puts the kettle On the hob and gets two Mugs down from a cupboard And spoons coffee Into each one
What if your mum comes in now And sees you in your nightwear And me here too? I say
So what? She says
Just saying that's all I say
She sighs and looks Out the window I'm on She says
On what? I say
She stares at me You know the scourge The big bleed Or auntie's here Or whatever She says moodily
O right I say Falling into what she means Shame that is I say Sitting in a chair By the kitchen table
The whistle on the kettle sounds And she pours water Into the two mugs
Milk? sugar? She says In a moody voice
Milk and one sugar I say
She plonks sugar Into my mug And tips milk From a white jug Into both mugs And puts my mug On the table And her own mug On the table And sits facing me
Where we going? She says
No where dressed As you are I say
When I'm dressed? She says
We could go to the flicks And see that Elvis film I say
She pulls a face Boring sitting at the back Necking and kissing With others She says
What then? I say
She sips her coffee And looks at me Could go to the seaside She says Get a bus
I sip my coffee And stare at her Ok if you want I say
But I've no money She says And Mum'll not lend me any As I owe her money already
So what then? I say
I don't know She says Looking at her mug And holding it With both hands
You could come to my place And play records And lay on my bed And listen to the music I say
What about your parents Won't they mind me Being there and in your room? She says
Nothing is going To happen is it So why worry? I say
She sighs and sips her drink I guess so She says
And after she's finished her drink She goes off to dress.
making.
Author: Terry Collett
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Date: 02/04/2020
№ 1203085
Us, A Year in the Making
There are few times in your life, That you can say you're close to something massive. In which you've almost achieved something truly remarkable. For some, the final moment of college, The baby countdown, but for me... Today marks the the beginning of the countdown to the end
This day, 11 months ago I happened to stumble upon someone I never knew would become such an important and big part of my life. Never did I expect the shy girl I'd met online in late December, would make such a tremendous impact on my life. First came the awkward "hello" Followed by a sincere introduction (In which I'd be guilty of miscalculating gender... oh will I ever live that one down hides in shame) It's one of the most beautiful things to fall in love Even more so to feel the butterflies in your stomach grow everytime you see them come online. Talking to you, became the only thing I wanted to do! I'd rush home from school to jump on and game with you, talk with you and laugh with you whilst getting to know you all the more better. We would spend hours on school nights, living in the happiness of eachothers company. It is truly something, when you can look at a name on the screen as they type, and realize you are Completely Utterly And mind numbingly in love with someone based solely off who they really are No looks, no sounds. Just personality and who the person is for them You see I fell head over heels for you my love, you were perfection It wasnt until a few months later that I caught a glimpse of what you looked like and honey, it was like seeing an angel in the flesh and boy did I fall hard for you. Call me obsessive, call me addicted. You were the only thing on my mind.
March 9th 2015, "I know I say this alot but thank you. Thank you for always being there for me when I'm down in the dumps, to be quite honest, your the person I've grown close to most in my entire life. Thank you for l-liking me, y-you don't know how much it means to me... I-I'm really s-shy I know and t-this may make you feel a-awkward... b-but... I-I like you too h-hehe and I d-don't say the actual L w-word because it's embarrassing... I just wanted to let you know you mean the world to me... " - Sweet words that changed my life and I'll never forget them
Today marks just, one month from our one year anniversary. Something I never thought I'd get to experience with anything, Let alone someone like you. I love you so freaking much, You, my other half, complete me and I cannot thank you enough for everything and anything. I'm sorry that it had to be celebrated, With you at school And 4hours of driving between us But that makes it no less special because wherever you go You'll always have me in your heart xx *~ Ryan
Wherever you're at This very minute God has a special assignment for you, And I'm wondering Are you In it? Are you even aware? Are you moving forward? Would you even dare?
It took me some time, And I'm still getting there. But I'm reaching for it every moment, And I refuse to be scared. If you take a moment To let God be God, He will show you how What He has to give Is better than all things You could ever want.
