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The Golem

She was sure she could remember being a woman of substance Quite recently in fact But now she couldn’t remember how The last few months...

How do I put things Write Like there's no tomorrow I don't want another sleepless night Where my words disappear when All that you are...

You went through a phase when You used to bring me soap Waitrose essentials Olive and jojoba Each and every time you would come home to...

I stood in the wedding photos For the first time On my own My daughter a bridesmaid Set in a different place Foreshadowing the new path...

She looks out over the ocean And she begins to sink A crack in her smile Lets in dark water You can see the level of it rising behind her...

The beginning and the end He is so matter of fact And my brain at the minute Is not I’m sure I could make decisions At some point in the...

He casts a long shadow In the darkest hour when he walks by my side As I weep for another man I steer us towards water and he sticks...

(Image courtesy of Elinor Rowlands) Will you hold me close And whisper comfort in my ear? I don’t want things to be difficult. Simplicity...

She wandered through the world like a ghost A waning moon Her glow tarnished by a mist of tears At the end of another numb day she sat...

I don’t know if you know this But it is a very difficult thing to lose the person you love most To be told That after all of the years In...