Tag Archives: waiting

Hope

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Lindsay Craik

  Tracking the break up Heart beating with a heavy hammer Bounding in the dawn light Flooding across the empty room Hoping against false hope To see the end and touch the moon

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Without you

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Lindsay Craik

 You don’t come here anymore I wait inside and watch the door Sitting, writing, standing still Looking, hearing, in a haze No one comes to me today Or any day at all I think back to another day A day … Continue reading →

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Coming

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Lindsay Craik

Slithering from the tunnels, red slime bursts upwards out of a hundred holes. The wash ejaculates in thousand feet high pillars, appears to hover then plunge back to earth flooding the streets. City dwellers stand transfixed in their shoes or … Continue reading →

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Absence of life [For Dementia Week]

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Lindsay Craik

John met many people. Some days it was his daughter, even when she was still on the phone. Other days it was different folk Some were soldiers and some were children None of them said anything not to him or … Continue reading →

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