As she approached, he stood doffed his cap, looked down rubbed dirt from short trousered knees timid in her presence yet found voice ‘My Lady,’ she smiled back, unruly hair a scruff, young, naïve, her eyes found his her blush of memory, of being loved, adored. #vss365 #amwriting verse fiction

It started on a Sunday as spring broke, her line to him 'I'm here, you're here what are we waiting for?' a summer, autumn, winter she's kept him believing he obsessed with someone felt yet not heard or seen ... #vss365 #amwriting verse fiction

Divisible by time distance between bodies, once close become distant, more felt than measured the velocity of emotion full on to ticking over if real on it's recall heart beats quicken #vss365 #poetry

She knows he's listening half-moon late afternoon as rare as blue sky this day of February, stars align over England, her eyes precede, a stellar coupling #vss365 #poetry

What is this naked, an embrace a bare trust what couldn't be knowingly, now us #vss365 #poetry

A local park, he sat on a bench where she’d said she’d be. A river path, he trod on leaves in belief her feet would be there too. A bus stop where she said she’d get off, he waited till quite dark. He saw her once, she said not me blatant, she’d not taken steps at all. #vss365 #poetry

You're not are you? Not what? Interested in me. What makes you say that? You're on you phone. I've other interests too. #amwriting a take on #poetry

Green greyed, blue dulled more than, less than words mystified, too simply viewed sophisticated, quite absurd dreams breathed, echoes edged defined by lines, innocence, belief space between, another time, not this #vss365 #amwriting a take on #poetry

Lifeline Her face hey, hasn’t gone yet Hand held a trace, a lifeline Bend in a kiss, a whisper Pulse up she touched him somewhere #vss365 #poetry

Departure He held her hand she let go their parting kiss a second thing no barrier crossed except by her both looked back their day return #vss365 #poetry

Shows as camera ready loved-up sky adores no feeling in the dark half a day alone #vss365 #poem from 'Three to Eigtht - a take on short poetry'

She edged his dull he lit her dark distant ever close #vss365 #amwriting short #poetry

I'm not sure which came first the dawn of light, the end of dark who measures words, who counts who prays, we wake, we sleep, we try some eat, some bleed, fall down, get up and yes, at times restart, give in, I am I’m not, the earth is flat, we all go round #vss365 #poetry

Switch off, turn on reboot, return same you, same place by device, your will you might, you won’t key stroked, touched up scrolled down, screen held still asking ‘Who are you?' #vss365 #poetry

On line from their other place they meet half-way Kings Cross, noon arrivals she all bounce, eyes never still, they walk, fast talk to nearest pub her face, his smile, real, their hands too last trains ran to, a touch of lips big city sigh, well met these two #vss365 #amwriting verse fiction

He wrote words as she touched him in a simple complex way #vss365 short #poem

She didn’t want to cry need her reason why not through hurt more ache kindness too can break #vss365 #poetry

Her deepest ache, his last to bare. #vss365 #amwriting short poetry

Its passing felt by ache a loss none can evade by turn of wrist we watch as allotted seconds spin its edge forward speeds so slowly once perceived #vss365 #poetry

Bone idle seized up grave mistake #vss365 #sixwordstory

Old bones hold memory truth ached, what once was weakened, broken young hearts long taken secrets held, lost, untold #vss365 #amwriting short #poetry

Tell me why the daisies sing you cut them close, you tread them in, when come again you'll pick, chain-link, all petals fall, pale button fades, yet look through sun and rain emerge wind brushed stems, all bend to hear, floral notes, we'll meet again #vss365 #nature #poem

All lives have wounds and splinters not all have you as I do, or me as you, to heal, to mend, restore faith in, in being, giving, feeling Open a door to your inner self without fear of slamming in your face, so perfect, even with a tear shed knowing, not knowing you #vss365 #amwriting #poetry

Looks an angel’s gift pain a demon’s twist beauty bared for taking scars lie deep and weeping soul left on the bedpost body sold be done quick #vss365 #amwriting #poetry

He held her in the shower the door he kicked in scorched the bathroom window breathed flames its smashed glass on the floor he bore the pain of clinging fingers his shirt burnt off his back she gasped as hosed water soaked them he didn’t make a sound #vss365 #amwriting short #poetry

Shows as camera ready loved-up screen adores beyond the still they're restless their lines unfiltered snap in focus framed, timeless, conjoined souls #vss365 #poetry

I am the shadow ahead, behind, of one diffused, leaked, as wet of eyes stirred, shaken, partitioned mind of oil, of water, in one, the other memories, known, real, uncertain #poetry #vss365

They sat together in silence as if the moment too much as if surreal, as if the breathing presence of the other enough the hand of each touch, lips move one ‘Hello’ become two, as if an echo of the other #poem #poetrycommunity