Dear Wolf, Are you a mountain wolf? Mountains remain as a strong image for me. They are huge and frightening yet remain firm. We try to conquer them and scale their heights but they are there, long after our struggles played out on their surfaces are gone. MIDLAKE | Small Mountain The rise and the fall … Continue reading Small Mountain
I climbed higher and higher, The air grew thinner and thinner, Head spinning, chest groaning, heart bruised. I tripped once or twice, I’m sure my keys fell out in the night, It was the longest day but still it’s dark. We dined on food that looked as though it were made for gods, … Continue reading I fell from a mountain.
This was inspired by a meditation in which you become a mountain! It is hugely borrowed but I found it so inspiring that I needed to write it the moment I opened my eyes…
The sun shone high those few summer days Left us in a song, wide-eyed haze It shone like gold It shone like gold But just as the moon it shines straight So dawn goes down today No gold can stay No gold can stay What if our hard work ends in despair? What if the … Continue reading Stay Gold
Part of me wishes we’d never met. That we’d always been lone wolves and never a pack. Never swam and chased underwater or danced and laughed at our four left feet. Never caught trains on adventures and driven for miles whilst playing silly games to make it pass by. Never stood so proud of each … Continue reading Never
