I take back everything I told you I don’t love you, I never did I don’t feel safe with you, I don’t feel vulnerable yet completely free I don’t want your arms to envelope me in unstinting care, the smell...

What if Pasta cooked faster Traffic lights turned go as you got there Your home cleaned itself Your body and your life - it fit in the right place, it was touched by the right people The disease would just...

Don’t leave after what we shared When the night melted and you held my heart inside yours Why the distance now Between each silent space we created like architects designing a lambent love How I slowly unfurled under your gentleness...

Dear Hugh, Stop being awesome. If you insist on being awesome, be unmarried. It’s a very unsavoury combination: the fantasy of being Mrs. Jackman incessantly unrealised as you continue being tall, dark, handsome and generally mesmerising. So cool, so centred....

It’s on my cheek as I brush my hair. One long, full eyelash. It starts out thick and tapers to a slim curve. I lean closer into the mirror, lick the tip of my finger and remove it. I wonder...

  To all the men I've loved before Who travelled in and out my door I'm glad they came along I dedicate this song To all the men I've loved before To all the men I once caressed And may...