For You and For Me

we bought a house

for you

and for me

for us - to be

a house of bricks

glass, wood 

as our base

to be - our place

we worked so hard

for us

to acquire

retain -  not tire

we made a home

with love

and with care

for us - to share

our castle, safe

to have

children in

new life - begin

the children grew

up, left

empty place

a happy - space

to call our own

now two

the dog, three

happy - to be

our little house

for you

and for me

for us - to be

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(Haiku)

Supper was "cheesy

dips" and a "cherry ice vape"

Some fruit I suppose

The Eye

The eye  

the organ of vision - and so much more!

A soul that hurts cries out through its eyes

look into the eyes of a soul that is in torment

see into their internal struggle 

no words are needed - eyes don't lie!

You can't control what your eyes are saying 

if you like something 

the pupil will become wider

larger

more open

immediately and involuntarily - they dilate  

you can't hide it 

look into the eyes of a loved one

eye contact is a powerful stimulator of affection.

Connect

eye to eye

soul to soul 

looking through loving eyes is enough to leave you wanting more

direct eye to eye contact evokes positivity

changes in the eye communicate to others 

how we think 

how we feel

...yes the eye is the organ of vision

it is flooded with light

taking Information on shapes

colours 

patterns 

picked up by the retina 

sending all that to the brain 

to process.

...but the eye is more - so much more

what I see isn't what you see

you see things differently from me

my eyes notice

my eyes see words

pictures where there aren't any 

they feel colours

humor where you don't 

irony in everyday items

love where shouldn't be love

my eyes see beauty where your eyes might not

...but the eye is beauty

we look at the face - but we see the eyes

have you ever looked into the huge

deep

glass-like eyes of a horse? 

Look into its eyes

you can see the intelligence of this magnificent creature 

you can feel it checking you out  checking - working out whether it should trust you or not

through its eyes

you can see the world refected on the surface of this huge round eye

the world that it is looking at

feel this intelligent creature working it all out

...through its eyes,

it huge,

round,

stunning eyes!

The eye is more.

The eye is so much more

Frost

It came in the night whilst everyone slept

'cross fields, into gardens it silently crept

left, 

blue sky, 

white earth 

and sandwiched between 

a lingering mist to complete the scene

the leaves of autumn which lay on the ground

now frozen, made a crunching sound 

and sparkled, in the light, of a brand new day

as the watery sunlight came out to play

hands in pockets to keep them warm

as heavy breath, huge clouds did form

but covered fingers still feel the nip

of "Jack Frost" bitting at their tip

an aeroplane hangs in a "gin clear" sky 

it's trail was all that I could spy 

clouds of steam from fences rise

the sunrise full, now fills my eyes

...those sleepy heads in warm beds lay

will miss the start of this new day

for the suns rays, the frost won't wait

for those sleepy heads, 

it'll be too late

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Irony

A filthy car drives by the carwash

A lady buys a disposable "vape" and 20 cigarettes

Sat on the ice-cream freezer 

are wooly hats, gloves and scarves 

for sale at the petrol station

Man wearing camouflage trousers and a hi-viz jacket walks by - I think

I can only see his top half

A man in shorts and a T-Shirt 

wrapped 'round his neck is a thick wooly scarf - well it is cold!

There's a house with patio heaters outside next to two air-conditioning units up on the back wall

In the 6pm December gloom, 

a woman in sunglasses pressing the button on the pedestrian crossing, 

not waiting

crosses despite the 'red man' still showing

maybe the crossing's broken!

They Made Two Children

They'd made two children - together 

but at the station; both in their own car

they swapped the turns with child care

the routine was working so far

He was to have them overnight Tuesday

then every other weekend 

her solicitor having won the case

so the hours he couldn't extend

These meetings like KGB "Dead Drops"

a "hand-over" where nothing was said

"no arguing in front of the children!"

it all had to go via the solicitor instead

She said he'd been having an affair

which he said was totally untrue

her brief said that he had some photos 

with which he could tighten the screw

So sat in their cars; the fairy tale ends

on this "once-upon-a-time" love affair

in a station carpark the final page turned

no "happily ever after" for this pair

...that 

made two children togther

now living separate lives elsewhere 

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