& the memory
in the black tea
is a
metallic tannin taste
that sits
on the very tip
of my tongue
& reminds me of the
river
we swam in last
summer as the
leaves turned the water
brown
& it was the colour of
your eyes that
drowned me in the
currents of your
hair as I
sought the bottom
of your neck
with my nose
&
your skin smells
salty
&
secret
& lush
&
swift hands
suddenly ( Read more... )

Today's words are:
break. stormcloud. whisper. raindrops

I just don't care anymore. And when everyone shuts their doors in my face and the hotel closes for the night I'll curl up on the sofa in the lobby and sleep till morning under yesterday news. nothing ever changes and every six months i just want to run away from it all again. only this time there is no europe and the trains won't be running in the ( Read more... )

He’d left a towel out when he’d gone to bed for her. The wicker chair dumping ground in the entrance hall. The rain crashed down around the house as if force alone could wipe out all the possibilities (mud. primeval. new beginnings). There was no chance of sleep in weather like this, and so he listened to the horserace on the tin roof and ( Read more... )

The dream was twisting turning, a riot of colour and a perpetual search for something elusive and unknowable (so heavy. (un)familiar places. fall into the sky). A crash woke him. From the kitchen and a quickly muffled giggleturnedmoan.

What the fuck? He thought groggily. Rolling over and untangling himself from the covers he ran a hand through ( Read more... )

words. not meant to be good. just to exist.

and she's worrying again. about things she can't control. who is to say whether what she is doing is right at all. all she knows is that it is where is is at this point in her life and she can't change that. build up and up and up. on top of past mistakes. dreams that were dreamt and forgot. we are all ( Read more... )

the halo

around you.

bright

light

burns

flares

leaves angels

dancing in the rosyred

behind my eyes

fireworks

painted

across the canvas

of my eyelids

last night

I tried

blink

think

to

struggle

in remembering
( Read more... )

today things are slightly sparkly around the edges and it feels like something is dancing just on the edge of my vision. I want to catch this almostfeeling and bottle it for the days where it isn't so bright (although there are less lately, in some ways thats a curse because they are worse when they come). i'm still not feeling one hundred percent ( Read more... )

i have been told by certain people that if i'm going to write for cues  i should let my friends know. Now, while you can all go over to the community and read for yourself (and read efforts that put mine to shame). here is my last one. which is now two weeks old.

i remember that

love to you all

firstly:

shameless plug for the community cues (the brainchild of the beautiful eudaimon ). if you love writing and enjoy the challenge of writing to a prompt (which changes weekly or at the mod's whim) then JOIN!... otherwise there are many gorgeous stories for your reading pleasure.

secondly:

at cues at the moment there is a month-long challenge called the ( Read more... )