Empire of Whimsy

 I remember  Rough rope knots digging into aching flesh Dappled light Sour sweetness of salted skin seasoning  the scent of the clematis. To...

 Another one gone. Another three songs  poisoned by emotional association. It's a strange wave that breaks when they shoulder that box. ...

 Stoicism in the face of Caprice  is a skill  that still  evades more than it is exercised. Long term goals require long term planning and I...

 Counting down the days and ways that I have missed you. The moments that we haven't shared. The times I know that I was scared but to o...

 Another one gone!  Brothers left without brothers and mother's with hands so wrung  they become the bell that tolls for grief. Rare and...

 This year is brought to you by the word Marvellous. The more I use it the truer this becomes. It's funny the way things go, sometimes  ...

Heed the mob with scythe and sickle, Burning torches, glassy eyes. Adoration false and fickle. Come to cut her down to size. They inves...

Some people collect stamps. Some people collect coins. Some people make air fix models so well You can barely see the joins. Some peop...

She came in breathless, restless, shaking looking for something calming to take in light of the heartless news he’d broken. Miles fr...

You looked at me and the love in your eyes faded And I realized it was this I was most afraid of. The swapping of fluids is only an ac...

That intake of breath Of fresh Air. Bringer of new ideas Unfair -ly mined By a dozen minds Or more. These spores of though...

Strength is shown in many places: bitten lips; grey gaunt faces; blistered hands and leathered heel pads; resistance of ugly school fads...

She swore that she would love him for better or for worse. From the wedding carriage to the funeral hearse. She swore that she would l...

Once upon a rum soaked night The boy with scars external Met the girl with scars internal. Her asbestos heart was set alight. The scars...