I wouldnt just yet call myself a poet or a writer, but i dabble.

a taste of my notes app:

  •  Its a beautiful morning in san fransisco                                                                                                   And maybe I should paint my house blue.

    There’s enough sunlight to distract
    My boyfriend’s poor circulation,
    As the San Francisco fog
    Hugs you like a friend and kisses your nose.

    You invite her in for coffee,
    And the hills lose their steepness.
    The crispness of the air—
    The most important part of me tumbles out
    Of holes I sewed buttons back onto.

    A city that makes you want to pick up old habits
    And wear them, because they’re yours.
    Or because you found them somewhere you loved
    And forgot you left them there too.

    San Francisco makes you want to ride a bike,
    Buy a book,
    And smile at people wearing sweaters—
    Because they’re a soft statement,
    And maybe the world needs more softness.
    Maybe San Francisco knows it too.

    And maybe
    If I leave the window open long enough,
    She’ll stay a little longer— The fog, the light, the soft rediscovery
    of who I was when I wasn’t full of disappointment
    and the pressing curiosity, the insistent demand that maybe i should be..                                                                                          anyone else.


  • The flavour of contentment,

    Time garnished with delight

    Joyous people, lively events

    You're sat at a table with a drink

    Happy with who you've become

    Stop wondering

    What would have happened

    .. what would have happened

    What would have happened


  • The night you were meant to come over

    I bought bagels for breakfast,

    Played kokoroko outside

    and smoked

    Until my throat was sore


    Lights pooled over the butamen

    And I watched the vibrations 

    Of Sheila Maurice-greys trumpet


    rippling blues and oranges;

    splitting the dark open

    like it was trying to make something soft

    out of something hard

    Like teaching the silence how to hum




  • When it gets too cold

    To remember what shared body heat feels like

    I buy $6 sushi outside glenferrie station

    I’ll stalk his mum on facebook

    I’ll draw a bath with eucalyptus oil

    I’ll place my hand lighter next time


    They play pop hits in the supermarket

    We’ll play jazz in the car

    I'm learning to accept more.

    You leave hickeys on my neck

    For me to discover later in a public bathroom

    They remind me of my first lover

    I never meant to make you my metaphor

    Im running off three hours of sleep

    Dry shampoo from the chemist

    The February heat will burn

    I wash my body like a chore

    Tell me the truth forever 

    My dreams are stained forest green

    I've never met someone so independent

    Without thought, we become a weekly ritual

    Find me tipsy by the yarra

    Stop trying to teach me what love is


    I want you, I wish I was allowed to talk about it 

    I imagine you shirtless by the window

    Hot and tumbled


    You're a rockstar

    And you're softer than i've ever been

    You're softer than i'll ever be


    It takes time to fall to your senses


    I buy $6 sushi outside glenferrie station

    I’ll buy $6 sushi outside glenferrie station.


im trying to capture something im just not quite sure what it is yet.

"Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep,” -fran lebowitz