Twisting writhe of long week
I return to where I began
Take a pillow book
Under my head
Turn to kiss your mind
With mine, entwine
First, I imagine 10 years' time
Then, a flash, to platinum albums of you - those spin me too -
Held by someone else for a while
I wonder if I'm still in your mind
Or whether it is wrapped around another?
I will stand alone
Surrounded by earthen
Treasures unknown
Consider the ways
A seed is sown
A nod, a smile
An act of kindness
Urban wilderness
More extraordinary
By chance encounters
Of my own kind
Tears of misunderstanding
Than tears of
Missing you
Bathe in your words
Thrill tickles gills
Until swept out
On riptide of longing
All at sea
Unknowing
I have a special smile
Reserved for the few
Those who know me well
Know I'm thinking 'bout you
Wanderers walk the earth
Meet at the river's edge
Admire exotic plants
Found the world over.
Place is where lives meet.
Sacred, like a mother's love
To lover's unknown
Our people are home
So persuaded by
Her will, was I
As she left me
So did I.
Willing her
To return
To fill
The void while
Learning to love
All the space
Galaxies inside.
To explore
Edge of unknown
Resides within
The words
'I will...'
Far away
Long since
Storm breaks
A heart waits
Sun don’t shine
Words don't rhyme
Sleep won't come
Games aren't fun
Talk is cheap
Smoke alarm beeps
Food tastes bad
Ghosts haunt head
Nothing more delicious
Than a book in bed
There is a noble price to pay
For precious moments
Caught unawares each day.
Smiles invade consternation
On work, or other nonsensical plays.
Crawling through choked traffic
Over bridge, no harbour view
Through iron bar fence.
Number plates and brake lights
A flash of beams behind.
A song on the radio
One you might love.
Suddenly, eyes clear
Beaming as broadly
As white clouds over mountain
In front of me.
For all such moments night and day
I carry the cost of knowing
Thousands of smiles can turn
Unexpectedly
Like sun's rays carried away by clouds
Instantaneously, a shower
Pouring down
On my face
