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 Jan 9 owls at dawn
ju
foxes
 Jan 9 owls at dawn
ju
of course they gather  -

she left them
a carcass every Sunday

lonely and alone -

she fed them
names with belly-fulls of bone

(of course they gather  -

she left them)
Tomorrow
   we should never under-estimate
   a new world appears
   gives us every reason to celebrate
 Jan 9 owls at dawn
Nemusa
Not all is alright,

but still I hold through the storm,

my heart beats steady,

a fragile but fierce ember—

I will not be lost today.
It still so early but I've been in pain since yesterday, hopefully somehow I get through the day.
 Jan 7 owls at dawn
nivek
kicking up a storm
poking the vipers nest
shaking the tree
 Jan 7 owls at dawn
nivek
lost many a keepsake
and many friends

only love
remains.
 Jan 5 owls at dawn
nivek
whispers of war
shouts of denial

one persons homeland
caught in the green eye of a neighbour
 Jan 5 owls at dawn
nivek
healing balm
set free

a deeper knowing
the invisible visible

a meeting place
unravelled knot

reconciliation
a new beginning
I've tried all kinds of ****
Lord knows I'm an addict
But nothing quite hits
Like you
I come here to become undone
My words like fingers pulling at loose threads
Until its all out there, in ribbons and shambles
A relatably undiscernible mess.
I felt that i would age easier
never once having been young
Yet how could I hope to finish a race
that a starting pistol had not begun
So the crowds they stand assembled
with that ticker tape pulled so taut
I'm chipped and pinned from today
as my mortality begins it's rot

I'm digitised and I'm monetised
a childhoods faith long since lost
Personal decline shared communally
as another nail is mounted on this cross

Yet we slow reveal that we have a tribe
through a lonely sax on the mystery train
We shall survive to take another step
a radio dial through the driving rain
Towards that path of lifes confusion
to start again how would it feel
As night does fall and day does break
we mould these chains to our tribal wheel
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