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14 February

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Post today:
a brochure extolling the delights of Dumfries and Galloway and why I really need to go
an explanation of how my small monthly direct debit donation will help teach people in developing countries to sew
and one I have not opened yet
because you never know

It’s that day

February 14, 2022February 13, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

It’s that day

that special day again

that once a yearly day again

with hearts and flowers

and hearts on cards

when you will say to me

you love me

and I will say to you

I love you

It’s that day again

and

just like every day

I love you

my heart

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

you stroke my chest
with white swan feathers
your eyes show
you know what this means
my heart bleeds

stars softly

September 25, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

stars softly look down

a single distant owl calls

stones wise as lovers

from my wounds

August 11, 2021August 17, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

from my wounds
wings grew
deep breath
and love
I flew

beyond the hedge

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

beyond the hedge the sound
of children laughing
beyond the bridge the sight
of feathers falling

beyond the sea the sense
of two hearts beating
beyond all time the memory
of your hand in mine

what do you expect me to say when you suddenly walk into the room looking like

April 30, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

waterfalls split rainbows
flow upwards
the sound of the sea in Aphrodite’s seashell
the rushing of blood in my ears

Stars?

March 30, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

Stars?
What do I need with stars
when you are in my arms
and I in yours?

injection

March 18, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

if you could pump my arm full of resilience
my heart hard-filled with hope
I would have no need for medicines
and perhaps again I could love

like matches or gasoline

March 5, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

hearts are so flammable
like matches or gasoline
heat love and the oxygen of attention
the eternal triangle
once more

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