The gift A present is hope in thoughtfully chosen and expensive paper, (to be folded with equal thought for later, but never used) sharp folds and Sellotape hidden as if it was vulgar. Untied in slow motion to stretch the moment – the thought that counts – rolled the ribbons around your hand, tidy. I […]
A light in the distance
There was a rainbow across the valley. Today. It started with a colourful blister under the cloud next to the barn. And it grew up, up into the violet grey. A natural pride flag unfurling upward from the pot of gold, And other metaphors. Elsewhere, across valleys in other countries illumination comes from enemy incendiary […]
Learning to live: One wild and precious life
As if I wasn’t short of metaphor, it’s the morning after the deluge and the sun is glinting off rain-drenched fields… This is the scenery of my new outlook. I’m in my new place but, somehow, an essence of me hasn’t quite caught up with the packing boxes and postal redirect. I don’t, of course, mean […]