Your words
their very own rainbow
powerful
pure and true
fire and aching passion
my smile and

I love to see my friends
fall in love
their joyful flushes
and quiet truths
spoken as hopeful

What a nasty disservice is done
when feigning friendship
and a will to get to know someone
for

I have friends
I'm not alone
Wont be silenced
for what you've done
you thought it was bad
first

Three times she knocked
and I answered
brought her in from the rain
sheltered her
warmed

Under stars
by the sea
hand in hand
you and me
if we falter
on this path
let's remember
to

If I love you today
I will love you tomorrow too
not all hearts are so easily swayed
by pretty

If I stray too long
please remind me
of the path home
wait for me
we'll sit awhile
drink

I saw you looking up at us
from the street outside
again tonight
as we embraced after dinner
in

It isn't a charm offensive
to embrace truth
and speak it
friends see beauty
beyond skin thick

They tried to break me
they weren't the first
in no time I was back in the saddle
I laughed at

He sits here thinking, and waits
mind travelling distant shores
outwardly a prisoner
yet inside

He was your friend
unconditionally
but your paranoia
got the best of you
you hated them
for the

Inspired by @_iLadyBird (twitter)

In the midst of the chaos of life
when friendship should be

In the cold, harsh light of day
after the last beat is heard
and the pain has ended for some
a

A waterfall symphony through my soul, ebony locks flow
cascading over dainty shoulders of darling

"How close is your friend?"
Tall trees encircle a pond
One leaf touches down.

From the heaven it fell,
As an apple with wings.
In the air it melt and mingled,
Smell of it so

I in school was wandering
in a seat where folks
called it as my seat
where they always used to

When I grow old I will imagine
A house so large it has no ends
Within these rooms of memories
I

I came in through

a grey wet door you left

ajar, slightly, tentatively,

into a hallway

It would be the greatest miracle

I thought, to heal all marks

on your skin.

Every single

This is an ode to Tori Lester,
better than a fag and one Swan Vesta.
Better than all the stars in

Dearest Friend,
A casual note do I send you,
On humble paper so meek,
But my heart is so longing

One thing that I don't understand
Is why you let go of my hand
A partnership to be envied
You

All of this over a thought
When someone hurts you twice you're taught
To think before you trust

I know now I’m no longer,
the most important
planet in your orbit.

And maybe I never

We voyaged with contented vigour,
not a second glimpse to the blackened moon.
Bodies numb, fallen

My darling, many years ago we met
and spent our days in school together while
we learned — or

The importance of play may never be overstated.
It's status in child development so

the guests have arrived
they wait with their drinks
a roast dinner cooks
a late evening

To Sophie,

Everything in you I admire,
No situation with you is a quagmire,
For our mutual

We shyly showed samplers
Holes and all
Picking up each other's stitches
Laid our patches side by

Not every stitch is strong

I would steam through
Disregarding dropped stitches
Confused by

My sister, ma soeur.
My flower, ma fleur.
Mon amie d'enfance.
Now you live en

There are these people,
permanently in our minds.
Can't imagine my survival,
without people of

I’m so sorry, my beloved old friend,
I didn’t even know you had gone,
That you had left us very

the three of them walking across wild grassland near their home, following a tiny stream into the