Youthful -- 17 November 2019

I’ve made universes out of breadcrumbs

Written sonnets about half smiles and crow’s feet

Created sonatas from a faint distant laugh

But I’ll never be able to recreate how

I’ve only ever felt young when I’m with you

Oranges As Sappho Intended -- 25 September 2019

Between breaking the skin and
Peeling back the rind
We re-enact a new original sin
Flesh on my lips
Fingers soft and sticky
My skin hungers for yours
Will anything be as intimate
As your lips kissing my fingertips
While I feed you an orange?

Red Sky in the Morning -- 9 June 2019

I’ve always been a strong swimmer

But the swells of wanting you

Billows and breakers rage

An unexpected smile and

I’m disarmed

And the current keeps me captive

You’re a riptide that leaves me helpless

Dragging me into the undertow

I used to be a strong swimmer before you

Stay Close to People Who Feel Like Sunshine – 5 August 2018

Never before have I been so in love with the idea of love

Or felt it just light up a room

How can two people care so much

That their happiness extends to everyone else

We’re all drunk on love

And laughter

And alcohol

Not even a little rain could bring us down