Inspired Silence

Poems & Excerpts – Seeing and writing, thinking and doing

Tag: relationship

  • Thunderstorms

    Thunderstorms

    Here we are. Holding, folding, unfolding. Spinning, whirring, slipping. Your skin melts into mine, sweaty precipitation as some storm brews around us. Flash. Boom. boom. Is that a raindrop? We are together in this.

  • Cobblestone Dances

    Cobblestone Dances

    Cold and hot, instance and essence, We walked those cobbled streets, exhaling in short puffs to try and hold some of their warmth. ‘Did you see?’ I would say. ‘Do you hear?’ she would say. We discovered which arm positions best suited our frames, Which allowed for the closest proximity and walking fluidity, Like a…

  • 3 Words, No Sound

    3 Words, No Sound

    We entered this year with crush and explosion, warm bodies and cold air. Shoes lay ramshackle, willy-nilly, with scattered gloves and scarves on that old marble bridge while we purged our systems of excess adrenaline – this could be the realest moment yet. Hold me close, she says, while not saying anything at all. Perhaps…