tales from the murky splurge

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Monday, November 16, 2009

If I could care and love you, how sweet the story would be, a family united for all the world to see. you call me and we talk for hours you listen about my day you want to come and be part of us you yearn for it to be that way. I could try to learn to love you and I could hold your weary head but... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

and so it goes on and on and on and on

THE ALCOHOLIC They laughed and gave her more to drink her eyes were lost and her face questioning she could see neither hear the answer Then when her body bent in two i offered a cushion to protect her head They laughed again and sent mockery yet already they were half way there Themselves caught in... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 9, 2009

part one, palace on the hill

This is about the house I wish to build next year. I am really excited Reserved a space with sun and sky, there on the ground with earth set red, I have IMAGINED Now forward into a dream there comes a form with dreams unseen a thought whispers, warm colours shape a picture forms. I see your body,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

spiders dream, part two, the palace on the hill

the beams set on your smiling face i burn the essence of you, that of creativity, paint the walls and walk the floors new steps lead to distanted corners, laughter echoes below glass panels this energy contained to warm us in security. a piece of you a piece of me a piece of red earth and night and... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Dedicated to Tim, who would have been sixteen today if he had survived. Sleep peacefully my angel. Sulis dazed and bewildered gazed down on her newly born baby, tiny andfragile but asleep forever. Thenurse touched her arm and said, the only love he would ever have known was fromyou Sulis. She looked... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

the palace on the hill

Reserved a space with sun and sky, there on the ground with earth set red, I have IMAGINED Now forward into a dream there comes a form with dreams unseen a thought whispers, warm colours shape a picture forms. I see your body, its image golden, your hands touch the earth, footprints trodden. Towards... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Her Grandfather had all the answers and Sulis had many questions forhim until her mother woke herearly one morning, Sulis you needto help me today, your grandfather died whilst he was sleeping last night. She was eight years old and her motherdelivered her words as perfect as she barely could. She... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

and more sulis

Our journey begins with our first thought. It is in that precious moment - we take ourfirst step. Sulis, you must let me tell you something, her grandfather had told her one evening as they sat under a palm tree. Have you ever wondered about where your life will take you? She looked up at his... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Eager to be a good wife and mother, Sulis was cared for with great care and love but her mother’s free spirit soon started to whirl within her. Her dreams would bubble to the surface on more than one occasion. Her duty expected of her as a wife and mother, struggled to subdue her spirit as it lifted... Sign in to see full entry.

She found an image of her parents who were careful not to tell her theirsecrets in fear of her repeating every word. She had so many words flyingaround her head, like butterflies, flying off aimlessly in all directions andwithout reason. Her questions backthen were from expressive thinking and... Sign in to see full entry.

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