The shadow is sneaky, conniving, cunning. Jeopardising and sabotaging our dreams. Dictating our decisions and our behaviours. It is there whether we like it or not. The path is learning to befriend them… We all have shadow. Any part we disown within us, turns against us. If we ignore, repress…

For so much of my life I have avoided this pain Afraid to face the depth I have not honoured the process Overriding the tenderness Not allowing the profundity of the emotion to be felt Bypassing this integral part of the journey I was brought up in a culture Were…

The earth shakes violently, There is a huge explosion, The taste of sulphur in the air, Bolts of lightening fill the night sky, Thunder cracks, Torrential rain pours down, Lava spills out illuminated the dark, Hyperesthesia hits our senses, And then silence, an eerie stillness As we exhale and catch…

A part of me is in disbelief Not accepting this as truth So much left unsaid Your struggle has been heart breaking Fighting to hold on The confusion, the disillusions The cruelty of a disease That steals the mind of a genius And now you have surrendered Letting go, to…

I am deeply grateful for this lake I feel her holding me, a loving embrace Allowing me to fall apart and feel whole On a pilgrimage to the light of my soul Pure majesty as her waves bless the shore Flowing and crashing Kissing the land Flowing and crashing Rolling…

I finally found the courage to confront my friend about her addictions I didn’t realise how much it affected me It triggered my childhood experiences I think I have been frozen for days Too scared to share what was burdening me Paralysed by fear Petrified to speak my true feelings …

I met u once, by that time you couldn’t remember Alzheimer’s is an unforgiving, cruel affliction No memories of your life No wisdom to pass down Just an empty frown of a man who doesn’t remember Losing my father The man who seeded me into this world Feeling numb and…

I used to dread opening my eyes on a Monday morning. I would feel fear grip my body. The overwhelming sensation of anxiety. It was as if my nervous system had been hijacked. Hijacked by the dehydration of alcohol and the withdrawal of chemicals. My mind racing trying to put…

I was convinced I only had eyes for my partner. I was deeply in love with her. I was infatuated by her, besotted. I believed in the classic fairytales of the romantic dream. The one, the one and only. Then it happened. I meet someone else. I felt the primal…