Darkness lifts like a curtain
Raised to the rooftop
Of palladium
A stage
Dancers, jugglers, seers and wanderers
Mill around in their thousands
Wondering who will speak
On that day
Mumbling and speculation
Fill the open sky with heat
Distress and devastation
Trampled under feet
No authoritative voice resounds
The cacophany dies to a whisper
The only words recited 'tween
The lover and the listener
I wish to be your human
And you could be mine
-My feline friend says proudly-
I hope you don't mind
Such bravery to crawl on me
And underneath the covers
To twirl between my legs
Kiss my nose like I'm his mother
Such boldness is endearing
For what else really matters
Than telling your favourite human
That their absence leaves you scattered
To be near you every day
Or even once a week
Would make all of the difference
To the life I'd wish to lead
To be with you and drink
In the regular everyday
When I run out of words
And hear all you have to say
But dare I say I am
With you always anyway
Only river between
Not an ocean or a fray
- Rest assured I'd gladly swim
The distance any day -
Can you believe my thoughts
Are often interrupted
By the time you liked my shirt
Or by a joke, at me, directed
The time you sat beside me
Every word believed as true
Reciting leaves and lemon trees
Realised was all for you
Painting of a picture
With those stories far and wild
Imagine all those places
From your thoughts to ease my mind
A literary meeting
Like some tower here in Oz
Where heart, soul and mind
Find out they were there
All along
Pulling me in closely
Like moon and tide
Always the atmosphere
Between us
Watching waves coarsing
Supposedly on their own
Nothing to do with
The bright light of the moon
Turning dark one night
Super Flower Blood Moon's
Power over me, pulling
Closer every night
Long distance drawing in
Accidents and happenstance
Near misses and stresses
How did I get here?
Land eventually
Wondering if I make it
Through to you
Never leaving
Moon and tide dance
Back and forth
Two great forces
Land on her shores?
Eternally beholden
One to another
Moon starved of water
Tide drawing closer
Sea rises to meet
Rings round mist
Kisses moon light
Returns to earth beneath
Ice cream and jelly
Vanilla and strawberry
Soothing and sweet
Giving rise to voice
In the aftermath
Silenced
Thousands of times
Imagined the delight
Touching to lips
But only on occasion
Moderation
Comfort food
Not only sugar hit
Telling me
You are worthy
Strengthening
Lashings of frosty cream
Red jellyness a dream
Given to patience
For inner healing
Like me
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
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
Count the stars of heaven 