jumping in

we tread between the lines
softly tilting the boat this way and that
siphoning in increments of water
that lick at our toes...
reminding us of who we once were
behind us is the island we came from
ahead the sun sets on our new found wisdom

secrets slip lick sea lice between our toes
nudging at the what was...
wonderment of whats to come
if not you
then what?

I have to admit I feel a little stranded
I lied when I said I knew the way
now I'm caught with thoughts of capsizing!
if I just fessed up you would probably
drop your unease like an anchor
and we would start to sing again
but instead my sideways glances
puzzle you into unrest
and as our boat precariously shifts from side to side
we dare not ask who will jump first

spaces for growing things

there are places for things to grow
spaces for me to fit into
tight squeezing
or falling in
disappearing into the crevice with unintentional ease

there is a space for me within you
i can feel it
but wh...ere has been hazed
with a premeditated thought
and spontaneous words
sputtered outside a lift

i would like to be someone else when i'm with you
but this too is impossible
because i am me when I am trying to be you!
your the large pothole that appeared as a shadow
but the bottom was soft
and I landed with the grace of your stride

but it's not my short leg strut that accompanies your stride along the footpath
unconscious blue silk
meets your step
and even hurries a little ahead
with playful delight

there is a space somewhere in all that for me
my pores attempt closure at the fear of that
and yet you present me the calm I need...
for you to be misled by my confident ways!

you make me quiver!

in a silent, pleasured way
but I don't believe your astonished eyes are aware

you attempt to peer into me...
I catch you sidewards
but your not trying hard enough
because I too have a space inside of me...
waiting to be filled by you

Sound by: Cosmo Cosmopoliton

This is a piece that was part of a large-scale, multi-faceted, performance installation called See Me Crumple (a.k.a my graduate work) it was created in collaboration with Tracie Crockford, Sara Miracola, Sarah Long, Jess King and Tanya Uscinias. Here is a link to our facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=121869180059

‘See Me Crumple’ is an immersive play space reminiscent of the carnival fun house. This collaborations of artistic mediums threads together the virtual and physical to generate a fantasy world where nothing is quite as it seems, but everything is what you make of it.

Rememberance Day of Me

commemorating remembrance day
i scrape the dust from between toe and concrete lawn
dirty my trowel with fresh rain
poke holes with my fingers
and plant seeds
to grow things of glistening red...