Take me to a vast and open field and with my last elegy being read, release my ashes as you set me free, free in death, to run with the wind. No, tears you will not cry - at least not tears of death; but cry for me tears of birth. Like a new born … Continue reading My Eulogy
Category: Prose Writing
The Insta Singer
I Googled myself today. All that stuff of me singing came up. I listened to it, cringing with each sung note. I have that moment where I realise that I am a no singer, not at all. You know, I really didn't want to sing, I did it for you. No, you didn't know that … Continue reading The Insta Singer
The Long Goodbye
Unable to hold back my tears, as I packed a suitcase. 'Why are you leaving? This just makes no fucking sense!' You are yelling, taking things out of the suitcase, as I put them in. I have to admit, it made no sense. None whatsoever. I am in love with you. There is no doubt … Continue reading The Long Goodbye
Painted Nails
Today, was painting my nails day. I found that it helped me remember you.
The Marriage Certificate
'Fuck off and don’t come back!’ I think that’s what she shouted. Or is it 'don’t come back and fuck off’? Whichever it was, she bellows it each morning. At lunchtime, always at 1pm precisely, she stands in front of my window, crazed, and yapping some undecipherable rubbish. Today, and for the past couple months, … Continue reading The Marriage Certificate
The Barrister
You get used to losing. It helps you appreciate winning a lot more
Work in Progress
We are all works in progress
Come Home
When are you coming back? I miss you - things are lonely here without you.
My Conversation With Death
For the past two two years, he has steadfastly remained at my side.
The Judas
Her decision had been made. She snuck in, past the guards, during the very early hours of the morning. Having found his cell, she stopped and stared at him. In the darkness, she could see his swollen face, beaten so badly, she thought him nearly unrecognisable. This, she had not expected. She made the journey … Continue reading The Judas
The (Im)Possible Dream
When you think nothing possible, is the moment when everything becomes possible.
The Gospel
I looked into the Devil's eyes, and waited for him to preach the Gospel.