The Book of Elijah Knight

For Dear Elijah,

So you will recognize us.

 

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• Asher's Tree
  
  From my living room, Asher, our one year old son, balances against the backrest of thevdark, mahogany handcrafted Italian wing chair. The bright white silk fabric displaying golden Fabergé eggs and the carefree stains of primary colours from errant window markers and dripping freezees that rests against the living room window.
• Escape To The Forest
  
  Asher is strapped in the back carrier. He drifts over my shoulders, his head, drunk with sleep, falls forward, resting and then jerking suddenly within the curved arch between the back of my head and the end of my neck. “It’s too early sweetie. It’s not time yet.”
• Wild Horses
  
  First Love - Fifteen years old. Late August. The end of high school’s first summer. The evening sun prepares to scurry away beneath the darkling clouds. In the distance, thunder rings through the sky, it tiptoes in succession, like fingers dancing across a piano.
• Dragonfly
  
  At their Grandmother’s home, one late afternoon, we gingerly reverse from the dock in a pontoon boat, and make our way out of the alcove and into the lake.
• Haunted
  
  Diary - Maybe its not me
• Dreaming Of You
  
  Diary - I dreamt about you last night.Your hazel hair. Your apricot lips. We talked cordially...
• Floating (Ophelia)
  
  Poem - Ophelia's True Love
• Doomsday Love
  
  Poem - Two forlorn lovers mulberry hue escaping