The Possibility of Fire
By Don / Date: February 28th, 2017
Oh my God What have you started? The fuel Old, dried out, worn Not fit for purpose Was never meant to last Beyond its ‘sell by date’ By several decades The tinder Is in this infinitesimal Right The fuck Now About. Fucking. Time. I am saying ‘Fuck’ a lot. Good. Last night […]
keep it safe, stupid…
By Don / Date: February 27th, 2017
Put it in a box With just enough space to move Food and water Not fed too much Kept small If it ever gets out It will ruin your life Break you from the inside out Tear away your smallness Leaving your magnificent nakedness Nowhere to hide The four-letter word Stops you Its deafening name Will shatter […]
on its head
By Don / Date: February 25th, 2017
I used to offer A quivering messy heart Shakily held In sweaty anxious hands Convinced I had one chance And to drop it would be disaster Then spent nights Brushing off the dust and dirt From the inevitable fall Of what I imagined my heart to be Fucking bullshit THIS actual HEART […]
edge of understanding
By Don / Date: February 24th, 2017
I fell Woke before I landed Every time Never remembering The undefended smash of head and shoulder into the rocks The other body never woke Unable to bear The loss It was left Another life needed To close the door Not much more to say here now. Going deep into either my imagination […]
working with fire
By Don / Date: February 19th, 2017
“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.” – Rumi I have mused that the last six months has seen a huge change in who I am spending time with and the conversations I am having. There is deep passion and fire here; a quickening. This last week marks a transition; a shift. […]
it did not work
By Don / Date: February 17th, 2017
That attempt to protect me from fire It did not work I was not listening I am still not listening This has been a crazy week. There is far more to write here than I will allow myself right now. With support it has been going deeper and further into my memories than I have ventured […]
fiercely
By Don / Date: February 17th, 2017
This harsh, hard brilliance Shadows; their razor edges pressed deep into these walls The tight-fist chest Upwelling ancient tears Fresh supplies sourced from brutal shallows… I will laugh with you A million times beyond all of that This shadow-less hard-light Rips through memory; forgetting as it passes Tearing down; smashing old withering constructed certainties Blowing […]
Web
By Don / Date: February 16th, 2017
A rediscovered thread forming – emerging Connecting me To every tear ever shed To the ocean source of it all It is unspeakably fine The most beautiful fibre in existence…
Breath
By Don / Date: February 15th, 2017
This day is the first day In the space between water, sky and earth Everything begins With you
Take off
By Don / Date: February 13th, 2017
When my heart meets resonance The world shatters As it should The illusion is broken As it must The space where I was Now vacant Of everything except The recent memory Of powerful wings Exactly why this hits this morning I have no idea. Let’s run with it. I am aware my kids may read […]