Parking Spot #31

Stories for stories sake. Pretty Pictures and Parking Spot #31.
Orange sunsets, lots to tell and nothing at all.
Crack in the wood with silence in the room.
Long distance stares, no direction and time on the wall.
Toast, tea and honey, messages in the wind.
Acceptance without reason, Why? Who cares why, I just know.
I owe you nothing and I owe me everything.
Where are my people? Who are my people?
Get help, there's been an accident!
Canada, doughnut capital of the world.
Tragedy everywhere.
Round and round and round as if I am spiraling in to get out.
Yes, I am crazy, am I less crazy now that I know this?
This is not the end or the middle or the beginning.
In my darkest moments there is stillness.
And you are not
here.


Kate Hollett 1996
Bleed

Fall seems to bleed into the darkness of winter
Skin brown with age and bones gray naked
My mother dies sending me into the cold


Bleed, she bled for so long, bruising and discolouring
Reaching for the light, grabbing hold of purpose
rather than eternity


Could it not be the water of Spring
filled with birth, fat and sweet as honey
Please feel your magnificent beauty,
mommy



Kate Hollett 14/10/99