It’s hard being parted from the one you love, when they live far away and you don’t see them often enough.
What’s left?
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People
People surprise me, including myself. Impressions given, impressions received. Tensions between conforming and breaking away, between appearances and what lies beneath them, between people’s inner and outer selves; the continuous effort to keep the gaps closed, and the glimpses you get of what the gaps show. Assumptions being wrong. Doubt, self-delusion and hope. The comic, the tragic. Honesty. Quirks.
My recent writings
After her funeral
Grief for a loved one can include intense feelings anger and jealousy: the poem was inspired by a woman I met through my work as a Humanist Celebrant.
Teenage Treat
A day at the seaside? What a treat! But not for a child who’s now an adolescent.