Tag Archives: loss

loss

Posted on October 9, 2021 by AnElephantCant

loss while in Scotland this summereven on those nightswhen the dark heavenssparkled with the eyes of a thousand loversI could not locate Orion this left me strangely unsettledfor reasonsI still don’t quite understand but it reminds mein a wayof my … Continue reading →

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waves

Posted on March 29, 2014 by AnElephantCant

the pine cone bobs on gentle waves can’t ever wash up on the beach like winter love that cools too soon it stays just out of reach the dredger scrapes across the bay clearing channels for the boats he wonders … Continue reading →

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Empty

Posted on March 15, 2014 by AnElephantCant

the apartment is empty the power is switched off no more running water bleak as a life without love his few things are in boxes his clothes in a suitcase he remembers she walked out with no smile on her … Continue reading →

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dream trickles

Posted on July 11, 2012 by AnElephantCant

  as the morning light softly dispels the shades of the night which linger carelessly behind small buildings under verdant trees beneath tumbled hedgerows so the waking mind anxiously futilely forlornly follows the cloudy fragments of a dream as it … Continue reading →

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