[10 December 2020] How long can we two stayon this path? Your hands, yourwords pull me, draw me deeperand deeper in. I feel thesoul of them. They call memine. My hands, my heart respondin kind, but my words stopcold in my throat. I look at you across the kitchencounter, your eyes bright, yourframe small. Open…

[10 December 2020] I take solace in being alone (words Inever thought I’d say and words I’ve neversaid out loud). The boughs of the oldyew tree in the centre of the churchyardhave all come down, but the roots godeep. The stories fill the gaps in mymemories where I carved out spaces toremain whole. The distances…