The heart always speaks
What mind can't conceive
The eyes reveal slowly
Like a magic trick
Don't let her know
How you really feel
But there in lights
The interlude telling
All plot and storyline
Reveals a glass ceiling
Comedy or tragedy?
Bring you to tears
The girl is unknown
Unkept, barely shown
Nameless silk gown
Averted through town
Always loved or owned
Aged traded for tender
Renown
Fear grips tightly
At the helm
Taking over orders
Pulling us in
Over our heads
Waves crashing
Broached to
Shoal approaching
No lives lost
Crew is down
Handing over
Dogs to morning
Rolling like a lullaby
Reassuring
Raised a lighthouse
First sighting
Pinnacle gives way
To coast
Welcome faces
Twirling smoke
Casting lines
Shorebound stagger
Every sight new
Intricate beauty
Island delights
Happen upon flower
Resiliently tender
Heart own power
Fear of the storm
All but gone
Only shaking hands
Wide eyed one
Never leaving
Smiles receding
As night creeps in
Farewell again
Handing over everything
Knowing no direction
Trusting wholly
In you
How did she fly in
Through my window
To land on my thigh
Barely noticed
Seems strange when
Smallest sight
Feels like a sign
Unseen eye
Telling me what's ahead?
Pay attention
Obey all warmings
Flash flooding
Inevitable river edge
Fear of falling
Highly possible
On precipice
Open out your covering
Protecting you
Unfurl invisible wings
To fly
Catch my drift?
To the untrained eye
Life is random chance
Though happy coincidence
You and I
From where
Does that voice
Of home, of love
Emanate from
For you?
Mine in the silence
Stillness of morning
Liminal spaces
In between times
Waking and falling
Daily repeat
Comfort only
Listening sweet
As waves in chorus
Between the staves
Low vocal tones
Violincello
Hum of engine
Breeze on wing
Chatter of trees
Sky ocean mirroring
I have seen some
Listening for love
From afar, voices echo
From ruins and scars
But mine here and now
Alive and loud
Any less and how
Could I stand so proud?
So I sing evensong
Night and day
Short and long
To remind me and all
To listen to the voice
That proclaims you worthy
That the life you dream
To live is real
If only
Within you
Behind closed doors
Concertos applaud
Vacant space
Unadorned
With gazing eyes
Wondrous smiles
Shoulder shrug
Of thrilling chills
Why keep such love
Of life's liszt
Behind closed doors
When all ears could feel
This beauty
How long can we last
Without sunshine
Sustenance
Living water?
How far can we go
On two legs
Two wheels
Four tyres?
How many weeks
Can I laugh out loud
Suppress a smile
Dream a while?
How long have you got?
Leaves are biding
Their time till fall
Soaking in sunshine
Cascading green wall
Clouds cover mountains
Blanketing dew
Drifting to sea
Each morning new
Human way of being
If ever any question
Is we're always feeling
All feel the same as you
Placing one pair
Of bird watching
Binoculars
Inside the cap
Of a navy hat
The dichotomy
Of my life
In a cardboard box
To move again
Another new start
This one makes ten
I recall the power
Of words
And silence
Both can make
You laugh
Or cry
Both can be used
As weapons
Or protection
So I look keenly
Through looking glass
At feathered friends
Deserving our attention
While hiding away
To collect
Dust and mites
Gold braid
Felt and thread
That hold together
Memories
Of a time
When men were blind
If only I understood
That my words
Held power
Over you
I would use it
For good
To say only
I love you
If I could
Crouched in the dark
Too wired to sleep
Scratching out words
By dim candlelight
Writing to believe
This thing called love
Is real and true
When at first sight
Never knowing
Cares for plight
Thinks of them all
Under starry night
Will ever read
Or make reply
Moved on too quickly
Or said goodbye
Better to never
Know the truth
When belief in love
Is keeping alive
Swept
Breath
Fall
Off their feet
Taken away
On their knees
Sounds divine?
We have a lifetime
To work it out
How to live in love
From this position
Upturned
Breathless
Lying low
We will need
Every day
However long
It should take
To know
How to stand
Held hands
Walk on
Count the stars of heaven 