Loss

  • Pieces of You

    There is a darling softness here in the heart. A softness that holds my love for you and all the times your smile held me in safety. I will miss you, always, in the quiet. My heart has grown into… Continue reading

  • Beautiful Tears

    In the shadow of love is the aching of fear. And I hold you, love. I hold you and your beautiful tears. Continue reading

  • In The Wind

    I saw her when I closed my eyes, I felt her in the wind. And I knew I had to tell her how tired I am, and how I never imagined life would be so hard. I had to tell… Continue reading

  • The Perfection of Life

    The perfection of life is beyond the boundaries of good and bad, sad or happy. 2015. My fourth miscarriage. The loss of pregnancy at ten weeks. The doctor looked into my soul and told me, ‘I know the obstetrician for… Continue reading

  • Rainbow

    In my softness I hold this gift, for you. A small slice of home, and a tiny sun to shine only on you, sweet friend. This rain will pass, it will pass on through the air. And in your eyes… Continue reading

  • Reality

    Reality strikes hard, sometimes. The pain. The pain of others: it tears me to the bone. The delicacy of life, its precious petals. It all aches within this lithe human frame of mine. Cold impermanence. Startling truth. Fragile life. Sometimes… Continue reading

  • A Silver Breath

    I have craved your whispering goodness. I have known your shadows deep. And here we sing to a tender memory of scattered and tumbling diamond dust. A silver breath of life incomplete.     Continue reading

  • Aching Memories

    Catch your aching memories and hang them in a tree. There they shall be beautiful, for all the world to see. Continue reading