Shell

Lost I drift

Bumping into others

I have discovered

Comfort in myself

Absent of them

Alone and quiet

At long last

I can hear

The ocean again

In the shell

Against my ear

Knowing that life

Is in there

Just with me

Silence

It seems I’ve

Lost inspiration my

Mind is numb

As though the

Line went dead

Hello hello are

You still there

They will return

Like gaggles flying

Overhead above the

Marshes and wetlands

Honking we’re here

We’ve come back

Landing with splashes

On these pages

GoodMorning

Early morning birdsong

Tickle my ears

Dawn yet to

Break songs from

Afar and near

Those in skeletal

Trees and you

Beside me which

Is sweeter I

Wonder those tweets

Or your sleepy

Soft good mornings

HappyNewYear (to You)

And so I

Start the year

New single alone

A place of

Focus and strength

Rebirth and humility

Humanity and compassion

Hope and love

I know that

This year will

Be a better

Year than before

Because you’re all

Still in it

Happy New Year

Dreaming

And with one

Hand I pulled

Myself from sleep

For with the

Other I was

Holding you there

Unsure which was

The nightmare here

Awake and alone

Or there asleep

Knowing that you

Were the one

Dreaming of me