Literary Vegan

Two birds broke free, sudden Into the blue From behind continental clouds. Tiny, tiny, away from  Clockface clutches And human musts They lift my lungs I've been failing to fill, As my muscles sink sighing Into the ground - I can watch them fly I can watch them fly And nothing else. LJ Ireton 2023

I don't know your name, But you came to me - Out of all the walking galaxies We are, Dust and stars - And asked me the question.   I saw the swirling dirt Somewhere in your spirit, And I knew it - We never forget Our sandstorms in the dark. But I could feel you distrusting Someone with light  Like fireflies visible through their skin - Just like I did, too. Believe me, when I said to you: 'Just hold on', It was from my own interstellar years - Adrift and waiting. My witness is made and made of dirt -  I speak with the echoing birth Of a star.  LJ Ireton 2023

He says:  'we can go for a walk in the forest at three thirty'. I say: 'we will go for a walk when the forest creatures call me'.  LJ Ireton 2023

This morning I saw seagulls, Far from the sea Circling the moon I can not tell the type of day I'm walking in to -  The Sun, on the other side, said it loved me But I have a stone in my shoe On the way to the station Change can be mysterious, it can be Frustration. I am far from the sea Circling the night - The only certain answer To a day of Question.  LJ Ireton 2023

I can't describe the mystery of healing - I only know the feeling Of crying into my cat's fur - Like my own solitary cloud. And hearing her rolling purr - Like all life is silent  Apart from her way of breathing. That a form of prayer Is listening to the rhythms of the other world - The angels with claws. LJ Ireton 2023