Love

Cocooning, not spooning

Cocooning,not spooning Impenetrable dark shell, set to repel? My soft white down so easily speared [As my soft heart on my sleeve worn. Pierced not...

Hold On

"HOLD ON" The chair in the kitchen You left me there "Just hold on and listen" I couldn't hear the words. I knew I didn't want to go skiing!! You...
Gold cherry

Sir There's A Waiter In My Wine ( Part One )

A Story of Love in Four Parts for the Inspiration Point. “If you're heading down to Cornwall, the bottleneck congestion of traffic has come to a...

To my friends’ Spouses with a friend’s love

To my friends’ Spouses with a friend’s love P K Routray To my friends’ loving spouses with earnest apologies for excuses on behalf of your hubby and...

Unknown Call

Nobody knows me Nor I know anybody, Though waiting for a phone, Waiting for someone unknown, Who says Yes, I am there always, Someone who cares...

For My Bereaved Friend.

For My Bereaved Friend P K Routry After living for five decades together inhaling the air exhaled by the other sharing the burden on the earth on the...

The Other Mrs Jones

It’s not like me to keep my mouth shut, so it must’ve upset me. I must’ve thought to not let anything spoil my day, so I didn’t say anything to him...
Cherry

Reflections on an Affair

A Lover Reflects on a Fuck Joy Fairfield woke up mildly hungover, her airways obstructed as always, but feeling strangely settled, and resolved. On...
Cherry

Half a Cup

I thought you were Midas’s son, how you could gild my days with your presence, your touch. Your breath as you slept filled the room with a golden...

Affecting people

We don’t know how we affect people and I wasn’t listening to the radio I was filling the dishwasher but then this voice came on talking about a girl...