This is an ending

This is an ending
as thoughts must remain my own
collected elsewhere

Stock boiled with nettle

Stock boiled with nettle
rice cooked with spinach and leek
best risotto yet

Washing the dishes

Washing the dishes
gloved hands deep in hot water
trackpants start to slip

The moment light hits

The moment light hits
perfectly in photograph
composition skewed

Hearing her heartbeat

Hearing her heartbeat
quickening pace on embrace
touching her backside

I trimmed my branches

I trimmed my branches
allowing more light to fall
the birds look confused

I dream of travels

I dream of travels
forget the town where I live
my heart lives elsewhere

Glorious sunshine

Glorious sunshine
spring is time to exercise
fleeing from magpies

Cloaked as though shadowed

Cloaked as though shadowed
mocking me from a corner
a ghost out of reach

I dream of houses

I dream of houses
sprawling and familiar
yet no home of mine

Lovers end each day

Lovers end each day
as sun sinks behind her curves
clouds begin to blush

Outside my windows

Outside my windows
the blackbirds have been singing
before the sunrise

Adults need to play

Adults need to play
playgrounds are for everyone
swing those swings today

Deceptive sunlight

Deceptive sunlight
blinding clear skies late winter
cold daggers of wind

Through overcast months

Through overcast months
they looked and snapped like bare sticks
then blossoms appeared

Old dog learned new tricks

Old dog learned new tricks
resisted the resistance
kept my big mouth shut

Voices overlap

Voices overlap
discrete yet under one roof
singing and speaking

These lines like blushes

These lines like blushes
revealing in their response
I can't keep secrets

Where does doubt flow from?

Where does doubt flow from?
Seeping under foundations
sinking the building

It was the first time

It was the first time
the barber trimmed my eyebrows
feel I’ve come of age

In my thoughts again

In my thoughts again
never getting over you
gives something to do

Lackadaisical

Lackadaisical
from Shakespeare’s term “lack a day”
into something else

Looking at my kids

Looking at my kids
imagining them older
seeing they are older

Harshest conditions

Harshest conditions
peak in summer and winter
death comes twice a year

Research your passions

Research your passions
love of art is art of love
it’s all in technique

Belly button lint

Belly button lint
a message from your mother
wash your self and clothes

An email just asked

An email just asked:
“How to get a big penis?”
Dating men I guess

I’m a strong white man

I’m a strong white man
who drinks only one coffee
only one each day

When I stretch my arms

When I stretch my arms
while on my own each morning
Brian Blessed yawns

I knew you briefly

I knew you briefly
you held my gaze and I yours
anticipating

Save them for future

Save them for future
those emotions stirred just now
what was I thinking?

His backyard garden

His backyard garden
symbolised he provided
the shed workshop too