Haiku: Alone in Sweden
In solitude
Self-love can manifest as
Stockholm syndrome
A mixed-race Brit writing about a mix of things.
In solitude
Self-love can manifest as
Stockholm syndrome
Weary traveller
returning to nest—at last!
hope flourished anew
Skating on thin ice
snow balanced on treetops—snap!
synchronised fractures
Sycamore saplingbark obscures future love noteswords carved from heartwood
Read MoreNeglected flowerbruised petals, its stem snappedlove dyed in black
Read MoreAs night turns to day—a tryst becomes a stay. Clothes strewn across the floor, a breadcrumb trail for Lust to find her way. Sunlight beams through the window and into two lovers’ hearts. A stirring of bodies, a hand glides over another. The electricity of the night before sparks like flint against steel and radiates […]
Read MoreYour forget-me-nots
a crowning bloom amidst stone
I still remember
Wistful father sittinglakeside—in its mirrored eyethe Sun watches over
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