Spice

Peppermint
Mint with pepper
Pepper with mint
Peppered with mint
Minty peppers
Peppery mints
Green Peppers
Red peppers
Green mint
Red mint?

Awareness

You’re smiling.
Yes.
Why?
Because underneath it all, it’s still beautiful.
What is?
Can’t you smell it?
What?
The smell, can’t you smell it?
No…. oh wait. That smell?
Yes. What do you smell?
That sweetness. Its so….
Tempting?
Yeah, I want to bite into it.
I know.
It wasn’t there before.
That’s because you weren’t looking for it.
Wow, it’s perfect.
It is, isn’t it?
Yeah.
Smell again.
Why?
Just smell it again now.
It smells just the same to me.
Stop trying so hard. Let it come to you.
It’s still there.
Just as sweet?
Sweeter.
Sweeter?
Urgh, it’s so sweet.
Getting worse?
Oh my God. It’s too sweet. It’s sickening.
I know.
I can’t breathe.
I know.
It’s disgusting. How can you breathe?
You’ll get used to it.
So sudden! Where did it come from?
It’s always been there, you just never realized.
Urgh.
Can you still smell that though?
What?
What you first scented.
…Yes. But there’s so much… filth over it.
Yes.
It’s still so beautiful underneath.
Yes.
But the grime! I can’t do this. The stench is too much.
What would you like me to do?
Make it go away.
I can’t make it go away.
Do something.
I can make it so you don’t smell it anymore.
How?
I can make it so you never know its there.
But that would mean…
Precisely.
Oh.
Shall I?
No, don’t.
Alright.
It’s worth it.
It is.

Stolen Deeds

Oh but he was watching
With a fire in his eyes he was watching
As they told their lies he was watching
The crude laughter rang
And they danced and they sang

But he was watching

The Warmth of Light

A rush of wind
Bare feet lifted off the ground
Sunlight through linen
Billowing curtains
Laughter echoing in empty halls
Hugging pilliars so wide
Trickling water
Sunlight making sparkles
Sparkles making sunlight
Wet footprints
Snatches of song
Ceiling in the clouds
Clouds on the ceiling
Skin on marble
Now hot now cold
Whispers in the wind
Listen
A gentle caress
I miss you