Closeness

Being too close, restlessness, stillness, quietness. Grow wood for the trees. The difficulty is one of perspective, you have freedom. Continue reading →

Holy Hue

Festering intolerance, tumbling memories in sleep becoming incoherence, no time to stop, take stock, of what we’re saying.  Look up, Continue reading →

It’s No Defence

*Trigger warning* This article is about domestic abuse

Nearly Sun

Spider webs such awe inspiring architecture, tree sap regenerative nature, the expanding universe and Jupiter the nearly sun, these are Continue reading →

The Monastery

Monastery garden stands outside of time, no place for strife or conflict Mary’s shrine, guards the names of loved ones, Continue reading →

Baubles

Rain calls to them Snails Like baubles on the branches Copyright John de Gruyther 2019

The Waltz

Here I am now, entertain me So tired of people trying to explain to me Can’t let life be a Continue reading →

White Flowers

Get me the white flowers the ones we planted in ’78 the ones that grew over the garden gate the Continue reading →