it takes - time and love
to overcome trauma - the
first step - and courage

I fold the silence
into parcels and eat it
like ravioli

mustard - shells - photons -
a multiverse of bubbles -
O-type star burning

the clear warm water -
friends and light glittering dance -
remember sunlight

blades of grass - ants with
mandibles sharp - scuttling,
searching - random paths

magical thinking -
Erebus and Nyx - liquid
gravity - clusters

clay - mud - weeds - nature -
the forest - ants foraging -
emergence - patterns

walk in the sunlight -
walk under the stars - photons -
weightless hope - magic

put your hand under
the tap, feel the water flow
and watch the light dance

wander with purpose -
the pursuit of happiness -
an ant in a maze

my mind wanders from
the Cambrian Explosion
to Andromeda

tiger - buddha - dice -
poker chip - chilli pepper -
555 timer

jump Yossarian -
survival and learning - break
and remould - glue - build

the world is too loud
for my sanity to bear -
needles pierce my eyes

splintering fragments -
brittle ceramic self chips,
blisters and melts - help

steam - flowers - clouds - bricks -
the maze of rainbows and tears -
friction - teeth - boat - tea

the sleeping dragon
with suicide claws - darkness
razor and vomit

steam - friction - atoms -
electrons - copper - foil - north -
charged particles - cell

photon rain falling
from the blue - there is no ice
just silver freedom

asteroid - darkness -
independence - ice - shadows -
distant sun - orbit

different flavours
from head and tails - character -
add water and lime

distill the spirit -
save the heart - discard the rest -
love is all - drink deep

stimulus - response -
a word - a spider - art - tears -
mind and soul react

surface - texture - wall -
the changing light - the mirrors,
reflections, shadows

make a map of a
word - the valleys and mountains -
a thousand contexts

slowly - simple - build -
release and relax - unfold -
live life - stretch, eat, laugh

light sparkling fizz
of photons dancing off the
water - swirl - glisten

Erebus - the bridge -
water - dew in the morning -
awake - asteroid

lemon zest and lime -
blue flower and vodka - Nyx -
shield and desire - smoke

feathers - dinosaurs -
orbits - oceans - Europa -
seeds - meteorites

Little by little -
a lullaby for nargles -
quiet my wasps - sleep

crayons for the soul -
express, like a child; trees, sun,
stars and the moonlight