Protect There you are. The size of a grain of rice; sitting snug in the warm core of my belly. So small, hardly there, yet already you have encompassed my entire world. We are stranger and yet I would give my life to protect you. For years to come you will be sustained by me. […]
Keep Going We all need that extra push sometimes. Someone to hold us when we fear we may fall. Someone to guide us when we are lost. That hand that lifts us that little bit higher. When we’ve worked so hard and feel we can do no more, they are the voice telling us ‘just […]
Two Weeks I never imagined I would grow so close to someone, that two weeks apart felt like an eternity. First there’s the lump in my throat as I hug you Good Bye. Then there’s that odd feeling as I go back to my life. I can distract myself for a while and pretend you […]
Thursday Tapping pens and stifled yawns, sum up the morning lecture. Thursday. What a horrible day, so close to the end that you find it hard to care; but not yet close enough for you to give it all up. You sink further into the uncomfortable straight backed chair, glaring daggers at your tormentor as […]
Obsessive Compulsive 8:30 on the dot. Out of bed, into the shower; clothes, breakfast. Routine is known; routine is safe. You leave the house; locking the door, checking it and then checking again. You press the release button on the gate, then 3 more times. Just to be safe. The walk to work is a […]
Hold my breath “Marry me?” he whispered, but the next day he was off again to the wars. Whenever he was away I felt like I was holding my breath, until that moment when he returned to me. But he’s with some other girl now, a red head who to me looks fat, but maybe […]
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