‘Start seeing everything as God but keep it a secret’ – Hafez No-one else is willing to nursemy tea-light spirituality – not you at leastand I am easily overpowered – lost and tongue-tied during harsh arguments.I want to hide my flame from you,cupping in budded hands a secret hope you won’t be able to blow…

Photo by Dagmara Dombrovska on Unsplash         Landskein   The hut tilted and in came the tide, gathering jars and books from my shelves – but it was their time. Through the bobbing window there was still that one dark stain between sea and sky, the inky line spreading into the water…

        Noah and the catkins   I was sickening for psychosis, more than sickening and you were less than two, just starting to talk and I made a game for you as we walked the woodland path, putting all the catkins into houses under leaves. You tottered about, repeating ’pillar, home. Sometimes that…