We try to capture emotions like we hunt for butterflies. We sweep through the air towards the dainty flicker of wings, full of life and...

I'm not sure you realise how large a molar really is until it's gone. Until there's a gaping hole where it used to be, large enough to...

Her theory is this: If you assemble everything she has created in her life, you will find a picture of her heart. Her loves, her hates;...

She builds a fence, he knocks it down. She builds another, he knocks it down too. She builds a wall, he digs beneath. She moves away, his...

She comes to me while I stand on the balcony. The city lies beneath me, a map of lighted roads and chasing cars. The night is too alive...

You pull him close in private and wrap your arms around his waist. You stand in silence just behind him so he can't observe your face. If...

We see little willows drooping and think of weeping widows and girls braiding their branches with feathers and silk to hide that they are...

She thinks that sometimes it is easier to love another than what is right before her eyes. There is a familiar rhythm, comforting, only...

I dreamed that we built a boat in the fire and replaced the charred wood each time it burned through. We were trying to build a vessel,...

Money can't buy happiness. Objects aren't permanent. Things won't give you a continuous supply of joy. Maybe they're right. Maybe a new...

I will hold out my hand So the spider crawls onto it And take my time walking over To crack open the window Tipping my palm to watch As...

You are still half asleep when you feel her run her fingers through your hair. Wordlessly you turn and let her untangle the knots, then...

They taste of nothing beyond a tinge of sweetness tucked behind calloused fingers on metallic strings and pits of wild cherries shot like...

Sometimes he feels like the walls have absorbed his words. White, silent, they stare back at him and slowly wipe the thoughts of...

To walk the shelf is a precarious affair when droplets of the ocean water spray your feet and calves with each wave that shakes the...

They tumble through the heather, their eyes weeping the delighted tears of hearts healed around old arrows that refuse to budge. Now an...

This is an admission: I have no fear of heights. Standing on a peak does not make my head swivel or my knees tremble. Standing on a...

"Growing up": getting a steady income; finding a pleasant job; a private home; a partner; holidays; dealing responsibly with issues;...

You find the bones of your childhood in the backyard where we used to play in the castles we used to build among the sharpened-down butts...

The sand is still warm from a day spent in the sun. It collapses under my feet, until my heels sink down and my toes point up as the...