Solid star hovering over Posing in greyness Striking through deliberate Claiming the pinnacle Peak most tender point Baring nerve endings Of the mountain Changeable in season Day and hour Unpredictable Never tire of watching Waiting to draw curtain From mist and storm Evaporating One day lost from Following twisting paths Do we never leave Sea level again? How to find you now Not knowing the place Like the back of my hand Hiding in the crevices Waiting for help at hand Sea legs cave under me Used to bouyancy Not the heavy hand Of altitude Beckoning voice Reckons waypoints Would never be reached To begin with
Apathy betrays me on regular bases So long steaming upriver Now tidal flow pushes back Downstream to ocean Where were we going Into heart of darkness? Comrades join in singing Whistling through evergreen Sleepy villages lie Smoking signals Green leaf envy Flying high the sos Invisible by night Jungle hearth glows bright Still no competing With our cumulative Night lights No spreading of anything When living beyond The fringe of existence Life abounds on the edges A catalyst for hiding minds To grow and light fires Just to stay alive This is the way to meditate With a flicker in the eye
No room at the inn For fair weather friend It is rarely so fair So close to Antarctic Even in Bermuda Smooth sailing unlikely When a meteor Millions of years ago Can still mess with Direction finding Compass swirling While land locked ones Hang around in bars Drinking Sunrises By the glass Why is the needle Always pointing South Where the shadows are cast By the winter sun? To those in motherland We are indeed upside down
Where on this earth Is there a place to call home? With resting silence Chattering streams Sounds of chirping In the groves Do we climb a mountain And take a ride down On the rainbow?
Deep blue grey eyes Watch same coloured clouds Drift heavily towards us Like moving mountains Though weightless to our eyes Powerful forces hold them In the sky
A bridge that divides Also unites Seasoned minds recall The day it came down After rolling the dice On their way home So their lives revolve Staying on side Never daring to cross For fear of remembering Nervously teetering On edge of floating bridge Sea spray enveloping Same waters harmlessly Tickle toes At Opossum Bay
We make it look easy To love Because we know Anything else Than familiarity Is beyond us Confronting disparity
If we met by chance - How many people on this earth? - Would lady luck allow Another turn To find one other Standing beside In a place Made for us
Peering through the gap in the fence Seeing glimpses of movements Shifting my weight on my haunches Ears picking out prominent sounds Out of the loudness of wind, grasses, cicadas Talking fluently in the language I feel Most comfortable in my skin Waiting for an eye to appear, an ear to receive Only darting birds believe What nature knows to be true Our senses of self flow unkept by the tide gate Words carried away with wings on the breeze Warm air rises to meet All the waves from all the ones Who agree
Looking up to you Taking time to realise We all revolve Around one another All drawing each other Inwards and collisions Unavoidable
It took a while Of sitting in The darkness Taking time to realise How bright you are How steady and constant While eyes are distracted By satellites And falling stars
Mesmerising centuries Defying human theories The seat of source Of all things Green on earth
Stardust fingers Billions of years wide Hold us all our lives
Haymaking Sunshine and rain Brave one who Hops onboard Riding forward While others gather Receiving stores Bailing and loading Sundried piled high Wheat and straw For each living thing In community Out of rain Hoping greenness Had gone away Save spontaneous Combustion
Meanwhile few Content with Love's gleanings Slim pickings On the fringe Taking only What they need To feed or bake Wheaten loaf For family roast Horse or goat Stave off hunger Together For one more day
A manicure Constantly tending Ever growing Uncomfortable process Paring and smoothing Rough edges Common trait of humanity Yet individual as A fingerprint Love an identity Caring regularly Outward sign of Healthy nurture Nourishment Beautiful accessory To extend To hold In another's Hand
Count the stars of heaven 