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A gathering of darkness. Wind shifts, lifts leaves; plastic bags like kites soar high above the ground. An approaching sound: like the thundering of a thousand horses hooves galloping galloping... Unrelenting, raindrops hammer housetops for miles and miles around... A jagged bolt of light shatters the night. A tree comes [...]

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I awoke this morning With thoughts of change As I sought to Rearrange My thinking Of how today’s Insecurities can Cause me to be lost In a mirage of Tomorrow's Perplex, Confusion. I can feel my life's Seasons Changing Without reasons With the earth’s Renewal And refusal of surrender. Refusing [...]

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Six feet apart social distance distancing my heart, this breath not breathing, this cough not sneezing, we're six feet apart locked down, on pause all matters of heart. We've got to restart six feet apart no touching, shaking of hands elbows to bounce keep far from palms we're staying six [...]

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2021- a year of improvement A year of renewal A year of hope At least that’s what I thought it would be Little did I know that it would turn out to be a sequel that was the horror of 2020 It began the afternoon of New Year’s Eve When [...]

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Those were the days of : Sweat-drenched shirts Solace in air-conditioning and soaks in the sea Nights of silent electric skies Spectacular fork and sheet lightning displays Growls of thunder in patchy parish downpours Apologetic sunset beauty Pretty pinky sunrises Daylight hours shifting, darker earlier evenings Beckoning tropical autumn Willing [...]

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First there were not enough Seamstresses kept busy Choices in plain, dulled colours Not anticipating the demand and Will they even be needed In six months time? Slowly getting used to the feel The texture of fabric or paper on skin Fitted carefully over nose and mouth With snug elastic [...]

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Eden is glitching, Illusions falling apart, Reality cracked... Locked down and masked up, On islands, isolated, Survival unsure... Will paradise fall? Foreign dollars are needed Who will pay the price?. White The lonely bear sits, His iceberg floats out to sea, The glacier crumbles Lockdown 2 journalling Day 1 Thoughts [...]

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Eyes closed Eyes opened Staring Blinking Blinking rapidly Who's there Who's that Coming towards us Coming towards me I don’t understand This is NOT normal This is not MY normal I CAN’T BREATHE Hear me I NEED to breathe Oh I now understand I now see Faces Faces no longer [...]

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The clock ticked above my head as I entered the living room.   “Check the pot on the stove for me, Akim,” Cythina called as her feet thudded down the hall.   The shower turned on and Cythina’s voice rang throughout the house. She sang bits and pieces of some [...]

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