Monday night very late....

quiet
dark angel
speaks many tongues, but
confuses mine

sweet safety
in the pale embrace
Gabriel

watching
over
me
now
i
can
sleep

Monday night

This is a significant moment...
My husband has created this terrific space for me to share my thoughts
and now
I'm scared stiff

how do you share to the world what you feel
making it cheap

and accessible

and broad

and wide

...

unthinkable...




but once the pen has its ink flowing through your veins... there is little stopping you..
like a dirty addict...

going back for
more
and more

and

knowing
it
is

killing

him

or
her

and so:
there exists no poise
or grace in my feelings for you...
its an
embarrassing

tumble

of

emotion

Monday night

This is a watershed moment...
My husband has created this terrific space for me to share





will be blogging.....






but sharing is incredibly scary. It requires boldness and a sense of exhibitionism, both of which I am uncomfortable with. Discomfort.
like wearing a tie that is bound too tightly. It is just short of suffocating you.
Discomfort.
Feeling energies clash in a room or around a table. I'll do plenty to avoid that.
but words provide me with comfort.

Comfort.
your favourite jeans, a cup of tea, a crisp Saturday-morning.
Comfort.
a smile from your friend, not just where the corners of the mouth turns skywards, but the smiling of the eyes.

Comfort.
Knowing
You
are
Known.

and so; I'll blog.
and play
and talk
and love
and hurt
and live

Monday night

This is a watershed moment...
writing
sharing
publicly
blogging
poetry
daunting
agonizing
compelling
addicted

To Do List

Today I am working on a To Do list. So far the list is growing and I will add the misses info later. She recon's her list is more conprehensive. You can already guess it will be more than mine....

This is what I have so far:

Home:

    * Outside

Fix shutters
Cut Grass
Kill weeds on Driveway
Build Braai
Increase height of back wall
Have cracks fixed on balcony
Close gutters for the birds
Insulate the ceiling

    * Garage

Get rid of wood
Clean garage
Make more shelfs
Service Garage door
Clean washing machine
Buy Skillsaw
Buy Jigsaw
Buy Plainer

    * Kitchen

Fix leaks and paint wall

Shocking isn't it? And here I thought buying a new house will have less admin. This list is going to be massive....:(

The Start of it all

My name is Chris Swanepoel and I am the creator of this blog. Im a man of little words, so lets see if I can do this "blogging" thing! This blog will be about the Swanepoel family, that's my wife and I.

Hopefully she will also contribute to this blog, because she is the actual one with the writers gift. So enjoy and feel free to comment.