“What would you think,” Mum asked one day,
“If you and I just went away?”
Secrets
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Autumn Trees
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Autumn Trees Autumn trees shed leaves, Like faded memories,Shaking off the past,To reveal their naked truth;Then waiting, in wintry silence,To be reborn.We scrunch those piebald leavesBetween our toes;And toss them in the airWith wild abandon.How wonderful to be,An Autumn tree,Flinging off its clothes and shouting,“Look at Me.” Mandy Edwards ©…
A Date with Spirit
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A Date with Spirit I went for a date with Spirit, Beneath a starry sky, She led me through the darkness, Her beauty rent me shy. Gilded by the crescent moon, Dressed in a glittering gown, She filled my soul with wonder, Her breath the merest sound. I heard her…
Unhinged
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Unhinged We stagger across the beach Like giggling schoolgirls, Clad in nightgowns, feet bared, Heavy with fatigue yet light As champagne flutes. Our pain Released! The sea sweeps in from our left. To the right, a morepork laments Its name. Calling us home. Wild Women. Untethered. Unleashed. Quite. Quite unhinged.…