i used to be stuck in southwell

27September 2000/ 530pm

 

jelly beans

   and licorice sticks

    green mangoes

and lollipops being licked

   it makes sense, the world is

sweet not sick.

 

 

 

 

‘98

a world full of people

never will I stand a chance

of seeing you

again

 

 

 

20 September 2000/ 625pm

 

I feel for you

I’ll wait for you

I live, I pray

I long for you, and

I can imagine

That you’ll never know.

 

 

 

God- shobe’s tanka ‘98

 

Creator of love

Of things beyond and above

Creator of all

Things very big and so small

I will listen when You call.

 

 

26 September 2000/ 1045pm

 

pink glitters

and colored sand,

coming in blue, purple,

pale yellow and red,

sweet smell of dried lavender,

wishing that the whole

world looked and smelled this good.