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Monday, 26 April 2010

sugar settles on scottish soil!



she said she was coming, i knew she meant what she said,
but ...
did i believe that herself would ever actually arrive on
these scottish shores ... no way!

the cat's were supposed to arrive about a week before herself and
i was to collect them from glasgow airport. thursday was a rather grey and
dreary day, glasgow is not an enormous airport, it still took me a
while to find the correct cargo warehouse.
i sat in the car and awaited their arrival, if the furry critter
actually arrived, well then ...
i would have to believe that herself would surely follow!
my mobile rang, the cats had arrived, time to collect the first
instalment of the great trans pond migration.

herself arrived the following tuesday with six, yes six huge
suitcases.
my dream was about to come true!
my life would be forever changed...

Sunday, 4 April 2010

while i wait for you





today
i listen to the rain
most times so soft
unheard
not so today

today
i watch the invading light
no visible sun
to herald
a new day

today
the coffee smell
drifts across the morning
calling taste buds
to abandon sleep

today
i burn scented candles
window open wide
as i exhale illicit smoke
from a smoke free building

today
i find contrariwise.org
literary tattoos
the wonder of words
skin deep

today
i wonder at the spaces in between
and what they mean
how much we have to learn
our universal insignificance

today
i write these words
which grow within my soul
and live beyond my hand
and i wait for you


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