Quotes
Lover number 1
It hurt It hurt like crazy There were no more letters He sent none anymore She kept sending them She did Until he sent his last She did not reply it She loved him but her love was not enough for both of them She knew that now As soon as she stopped looking at […]
Different
One day, I saw a boy I liked He had a firm chin and a chiselled trunk I walked up to him to tell him I liked him He smiled. He didn’t like me back The fire was only burning in my eyes And I thought it would be enough So I told myself different. […]
30th September 1960
Twas an early morning The cock just started crowing My bed was rather empty My belly still round and hefty I rubbed my eyes Then rubbed my thighs Touched my bump The checked the clock He was nowhere to be found He was pretty underground I was used to it Dare I say extremely used […]
That day in the Summer
That day in the cold Stood Annie anything but old Spirit as sharp as knife Soul fearless with no strife The women three. Came and told fate to little Annie And though frightened she was They echoed death that would be all So little Annie ran home and with pen and paper wrote As the […]
Buy me a rose
I once met a woman with an amazing soul, She had that kind of love that could fill any hole, She had that laugh that resounded in your head for a while. ‘There was no way I was letting her go’ I thought, ‘She was the one’ I also thought. And everytime she smiled over […]
Sacrifice
Time to live has come and gone Just like minutes went the seasons One could wait but time was all too small One could wish but it made no sense, none at all Our love was incredible One everyone wished to share It was remarkable People could only dream it none could dare In the […]
Heroes
I never knew my father But I had heard from my mother That he was the best hero there ever was With his smile he ended wars He had that drive to save the world That is why he left. Mummy and I are just a fraction A fraction of a fraction of a big, […]
Ice Block sold here
‘Ice block sold here’ Marks the gate Red and black with spikes on the fence Scared men away Good thing I’m not a man then ‘Ice block sold here’ I saw everyday As I went into the gate He wore green bathroom slippers the first day Green repulsed me but not today ‘Ice block sold […]
Offerings
She was never late to the cathedral No one noticed her withdrawal Her knees were sore because she knelt Before the Christ statue and wept His dear life she prayed to redeem There was no one to help, no money for feeding A good life was what she dreamt She worked endlessly, cleaned, washed, swept […]
The soldier’s wife
She could only hope She could only wait She was always tense She craved his presence It was just like yesterday He left for the war He promised to be back He had that look in his eye Her toes turned sore They were sore because she stood on them Every day Searching the fields […]
