Smooth hands of thinning skin translucent in some places Yellowed nails from wear and work A lifetime etched in traces Across her lovely face And in her shining eyes Hardship and a life lived tough A woman of no standing And yet she was my sun and moon My night and day, my breathing by… Read More Marion
I laid a hand across my heart to check it was still beating. I had expected it would stop while I was softly sleeping. But the beat was strong and the sun came up and the birds had started chirping. So I guess that means I’ll be okay That my world will keep on turning.
Have you the time to walk with me a while? I feel the need for a moment with you. I don’t mind where we go to so long as we’re together. Hold my hand if only in your mind. Imagine my arm around you. Walk slowly down the pathway. Savour every step. by caz.
When you can’t see the bath for the bubbles When your dog sits on your lap When your morning coffee has just enough heat When the rain beats on the roof. When the wine is smooth and the curry mild When the laughs come freely. When Summer’s here and the air is warm When the… Read More HAPPINESS
Vamp. Tramp. Temptress. Seductress. Tart. Trollop. Words that conjure up such wickedness, such evil, such sensuous manipulation of men! In what is primarily still a man’s world, where things are seen and documented from a male point of view, the worst villains are always women. Sure, there have been some seriously devilish men, but the… Read More Notorious
the acceptance of vulnerability the letting in of love the shock of discovering feeling is preferable to self preservation. jumping when you shouldn’t choosing heart over brain finding calm in uncertainty liking the change. not falling apart due to lack of control going with the flow and surviving the ride. by caz
This is not what you think it is. I was cleaning the loo the other day using one of those cleaners in the bottle with the swanlike neck that is ostensibly to help you get in under the rim, but in fact means you squirt craploads of disinfectant out in the very beginning, before running… Read More DO NOT SWALLOW!
Before we notice our heart beat quicken, our chest tighten, our temperature rise. Before we hear ourselves say something stupid while trying to be cool. Before we feel our mood shift at the briefest contact. Before our cheeks flush. The moment when we first feel ourselves falling falling…falling… fallen. We should have caught ourselves long… Read More Falling…
Carrie McCarthy: “We seem to be going through a stage in this country where there isn’t one single politician who isn’t a dithering, spineless waste of time and money. Is there actually a difference between donkey voting and voting for donkeys?”
Dr Stephens, I have just read in a news report that you are voting against gay marriage. Aren’t you the former parliamentary secretary for Social Inclusion? I guess the word ‘former’ is the clue there. Clearly that position was not a good fit for you. You say the vast majority of people you spoke to… Read More An Open Letter to Senator Ursula Stephens
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