Friday 30 November 2012

Handing over a flock of words




Perhaps there
I see a day
I shall say it.
Shout it.
Scream it.
Or whisper it.
This day my voice
Will know the volume
As it finds the ears
Those need the words.
The words
that have been
pending to be heard.
I shall say them
Even if the voice shakes
But it’s the shaking
That means it’s worth.
I shall say it
Because the moment
Will not be stolen
However
It will convince me
To surrender it over
gladly.

Friday 2 November 2012

Cradling in hope

She is unbloomed.
Not young enough
To know everything.
She likes to believe
That everything
Is short-lived.
Just like this
Dark night
That matches
The colour 
in her eyes.


She has a bed
To lie down,
A pillow to rest
Her frightened head
And a sheet to
Imprison herself
From a creepy
Pair of hands
Approaching the
Growing curves
On her body.


She tries firm enough
To leave no gap
For the sinister to enter.
This entire summer night
She breathes in
Snowflakes.
Staring through the
Cotton sheet
At the shadow
On the opposite wall
With a will to blink
Not even once.


Escape is what
She wishes for
Clutching her
Fingers crossed.
For her
The freedom
Lies in being
A hassock.
And she learns
Liberty is not given
It is simply taken.