Hopes

The children don't mind
they reach up in anticipation
raise eager hands towards the sun...

I wish for the spring
to come and grow it’s flowers,
covering the hurt and hopeless
...

magic fountain, I was told your fountain is magic
a world of treasure shimmering from beneath...

They told me: 'Get your stuff ready,'
because the kingdom of God is at hand;
we were in a...

Let me hide my sorrow behind glitter and paint
I will be pretty with my hair and make up
My...

So ugly
so fat
how horrid
it's sloppy movement
Destructively
chewing it'...

I like the color green, it’s the color of hope and dreams that I never had. The dandelions that always fly...

The spring air blows softly into my eyes
And capture each moment in remembrance,
To make my...

Buried beneath this junkyard

Beyond the rusted vehicles and appliances:

rickshaws filled...

Superficially she shone like the morning sun
But inwardly & hid from all her friends
was...

Hold to hope my darling, hold to those moments our souls intermingled like the fingers of our hands....

Her eyes may not enjoy the sight of you,

Her ears may close at the sound of you,

Her own...

I was born in January, a Wednesday afternoon,
(flowers had wilted, I was born to bloom)

I...

All lined up and ready to go,
for they are off to another place
where they may die or come...

Walking backwards through a torn curtain
To where the smell of fresh baked bread
Coloured the...

Breath the cloudy frosted clock
Winters belief
jagged hand pulled in moments guilt of relief...