Looking

Who do I see, when I look at you?

You (unknown)?

The desired (appareled in beauty)?

Me (in camouflage)?

Who do I see, when you look at me?

Me (loved)?

The one I wish to be (trusted)?

You (naked)?

The ache of longing

The shine of recognition

In my eyes

In your eyes

Tell me
Who is it doing all this looking?

Sacred economics

"an economist says that more for you is less for me, 
but the lover knows that more for you is more for me too"
- Charles Eisenstein

Mirrors (ii)

Another answer to the same question (see below):

Mirrors (i)

What happens when two mirrors look into each other?
asks a friend.

A spark
in one
is
a spark
in the other.

Flight

Observation

When I look at a blog,
written by a certain friend,
which is called "Dearest,"
I have the feeling
that it's addressed,
personally,
to me.
:)

In the eyes of the world

In the eyes of the world

I’m a wreck

A train-crash

A disaster no longer waiting to happen,

But in full flood …

And perhaps I am

In the eyes of the world

I’m walking wounded,

Stumbling –

Blinded, heedless –

Towards a precipice …

And perhaps I am

In the eyes of the world

I’m kamikaze,

Hurtling at full speed

Towards a chosen,

Certain annihilation …

And perhaps I am

But the world doesn’t hear

The song my heart sings

When my gaze falls on your face, habiba.

The world doesn’t feel

The beat of my blood

When your voice sounds in my ears, habiba.

The world doesn’t know

The hum in my chest

When my words raise a smile on your lips, habiba.

You see, world,

What looks to you

Like shattered stumbling

Is, in reality, a dance

To a tune you don’t hear.

10 things that make me turn the radio off

1. Robert Peston 
2. Any interviewee who uses the phrase "going forward" 
3. Plays set in Northern Ireland 
4. Classical music in "bite-size" extracts 
5. Weather forecasts delivered at such a pace I can't take anything in 
6. Libby Purves 
7. Interviewees who hesitate/stumble three times or more during their first sentence 
8. Politicians who try to deflect scrutiny of their policies by criticising someone else's
9. The refrain "Do dee-do dee-do dee-do, do dee-do dee-do-do" (geddit?) 
10. Milton Jones