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ramblings on a sunny spring day by Fiona Lokot

maybe I will let the words fall out a torrent of pent-up thoughts caught for so long in my heart with nowhere else to go already treading dangerously close to the precipice overlooking the secrets tr… 75 words

miracles by Fiona Lokot

my countless reasons for my unworthiness listed in cold ink and sharp clarity 148 words

path of life by Fiona Lokot

the solitude of mystic wanderings 68 words

what I saw when I saw myself just standing there by Fiona Lokot

(a response to a photograph) / The old battle resurfaced, the familiar surge of hatred. Self-directed contempt, that burning vitriol, that tidal wade of vicious epithets. Somewhere along the line I b… 390 words

untitled (lifted from my journal) by Fiona Lokot

Be merciful, I beg you / You know that I am dust / and broken soul fragments / bound together by a fragile spirit / floundering my way through a finite world / scarred and damaged beyond reason / And… 220 words

further lamentations and frustrations: ode to anonymous by Fiona Lokot

I died a thousands deaths because of him. / Though he slay me, it was never really his fault – / the way he invaded my dreams / so that the pain was no longer confined to waking hours / but no… 174 words

Love: I was not made for this by Fiona Lokot

In the harsh light of day, as the sun chases away the outlandish fictions of my heart / (those cruel tormentors that whisper hopeful lies) / I return to the clarity of reason. / Those long nights los… 182 words

Imaginary Musings On Companionable Immersion In Nature by Fiona Lokot

Tuesday, 19 October 2010 / In the quiet peace of an isolated hillside, as sunset fades and the stars blink into view, / I lie still in the grass and watch the sky. / It is a clear view, framed by the… 173 words

Poetic Musings: An Ode To Tofu by Fiona Lokot

Oh, thy spongy textures and lattic’d innards, / coated in rich black bean sauce. / You satisfy my inmost parts with your high protein content. / You have been hygienically manufactured by machi… 76 words

Something about peering into a person's soul by Fiona Lokot

2010-01-02 / Lover and monster. / My desire to read the soul. / What words exist within the frame I see before me? / I would rip you open if I could. / Monstrous longing to know, truly know, who res… 151 words

A family reunion: reflections by Fiona Lokot

2010-01-02 / The visitors’ centre is busy today. / Children rummage through boxes of plush toy horses. / History books line the shelves. / Tall boards detail the local identities. / There is on… 306 words