It was New Years eve, I was sitting on a remote beach searching for the ultimate solitude. I thought I had found it. I was looking out over the ocean, sitting down as its raw beauty washed over me. I wasn’t alone I soon realised. As I sat against a sand dune, numb to the […]
Through the apple tree’s upper branches, at the foot of our garden, is the sight of a distant quiet paradise. In the early evening, when the sun is out, the woods and fields light up as if they were lightly covered in gold. I feel the potential of a 1000 journeys through that unspoilt land. […]
I knew I shouldn’t have come. The orchestra begins to play the gentle introduction; my ears succumb and the notes I have heard so many times before expertly unknit my defenses. I am not ready for what comes next, but I long for it and crave its violence. It arrives with perfect timing; the Cello. […]
If the moon wanes this night it will be the sign. Times change, fortunes reverse, and hope cannot persist for always. I have prepared for this coming period, it has been a slow approaching shadow. I felt its menace well before I could see or name its evil. I thought I could outrun it, and […]
Well here I am. I got the early train into London this morning, and had to get up just after six. The plan is to change my daily routine to get into the city early, so I can head home earlier and enjoy some daylight in the evening. I am also going to trial stopping […]
I don’t know what happened this morning. And to be honest, I am not sure I should confess. It is another embarrasing tale regarding taking up commuting by bike. I have only being doing it a fews weeks, so its all relatively new. I did a bit of reading up before I started, I didnt […]
She sat cross-legged on the South Bank wall overlooking the Thames. Behind her was the steady flow of late evening commuters and tourists. At 7:30 on a Thursday evening it was at its busiest. She noticed none of this; breathing slowly, and blankly staring into the majestic, wide river. The chatter of two nearby […]
I click back on my iPod Shuffle so ‘that’ song can stir up a storm. Already I can taste the beginning of the rain and a shiver down my back.
Click back. The storm in the background, the thunder rumbles on. I spin it around me until disoriented, the storm becomes real. The water pouring […]
My first freewrite since the course started. Lets forget it’s now Week 4.
Today I spent most of my time having a good spring clean. It was while I was dragged all my cupboards out that I found it. I really did not have much time to stop and ponder over anything. I needed to focus. […]
Her. It was otherwise an empty corridor. It made it claustrophobic. Just me and her. I continued walking; all to quickly getting nearer. My sensations seared. My nervous system went into a whole new gear. Had these legs of mine walked before? Now it seemed an alien activity, the prior 16 years experience forgotten. My […]
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