Herein contains
All the words
I cannot say
Though truly
Misses lost ones
That can't be said
With words


Herein contains
All the words
I cannot say
Though truly
Misses lost ones
That can't be said
With words


A warm igloo
In frozen tundra
A shady oasis
In desert down under
A cool clear pool
On white hot sands
A fresh trout stream
On vast open lands
A ripe berry vine
In dry scrub bush
A quiet space
In mid city rush
Elemental forces
We cannot contain
She comes to me
Like a forest fire
Cleansing opening
Ingiting on the breeze
Spreading seeds
Clearing debris
What holds us fast
From inevitable pain
We search seemingly
Aimlessly
It is always there
Hiding plain sight
A thrilling dare
To make it known
Love is never
In vain

How can it be?
That silence can change
From champion heavyweight
To a breath waylaid?
When a flurry
Of digi-noises invade
Our inner ears
On daily basis
Silence means
Solitude
Isolation
Reflection
Rejection
Empty soundscape
Says none
Alive or near
Stillness
Has its moments
By a brook
In a book nook
Anticipating
Laughter and tears
Felt so hard
No sound escapes
If brainwaves were
Attuned to instruments
Symphonies played
Between my ears
On royal highs
And splendid lows
Ticking monotones
Of my years
Silent support act
To showcase the star
Like imagining someone
Playing guitar
While Billie brazenly
Sings the Blues
For me
The crack in the wall
Glowing bright
In the darkness
Of a moonless night
Slipstream taking us
To other worlds
Underworld
Dark overlords
Time stands still
On this side
While senses ride
Down cavernous divide
Only one
In multiple galaxies
With loyal friend
Can evade its tricks
Old timey-wimey thing
Keeps pushing
The big button
To Who knows where
Do you dare or
Do I dare?
Come with me
Home in time
For tea
I want to believe
In heroes
See monsters
Buried at sea
The people who
Rise up and save
Kind and brave
Folk and lore
Echoes of time
Eternal

'The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No, no they can't take that away from me
The way your smile just beams
The way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams
No, no they can't take that away from me
We may never, never meet again
On the bumpy road to love
Still I'll always,
always keep
the memory of...'
They Can't Take That Away~ Song by Billie Holiday
In week of want
She fell
Barely breathing
Soft down
Mother beaten
By quoll creeping
By midnight
Took her all
Plucked up
Tucked inside
The crevice of
My cleavage
Feeling beats
Smelling skin
Plucking courage
To cuddle in
Come by night
Settle in
On straw
Under lamp light
By morn I woke
She lay still
Crushed by
Weight of
Loneliness
Sometimes
Only hearing
Beats feeling
Spark of love
Healing
None else
Can be
Our light

Inspire
Expire
She moves on air
Vanishing
Deflating
When I first woke
From the nightmare
The cold sweat
Refreshing
All I'd claimed in me
Reappeared
Instantaneously
Writing profusely
My claim to fame
Spoke, wore, dared
Ignition broke
Driver beware
Ditched high hopes
Road to nowhere
Retreated inside
Capacious bare
Only to cling to
Fortunate words
Mythical poems
Senses and nerves
Prove them right
I lose myself
Prove them wrong
Push away
Yeast rising
Hot air
Proves
Daily bread
Every other voice
Chimes in
Beautifully
But only one
Cures gracefully
Sitting pretty
Perched above
Harbour views
Self-soothe
Record player
Of youth
Going roundabout
She is all and all
The girl on the corner
Flipping the bird
Tough time town
Take my word
Tears spilled always
Losing another
Cast away
Girl Friday
No long play
Nor single
Sings the lyrics
I wish to say
Fingers touch
Words into being
Never having
Your own
Living
Breathing
In love

Before I dare
Open my eyes
Stirrings peep
On the breeze
In the trees
On the window sill
Telling me this
Is a new day
Fills my head
With past present
And future
They fly in lighty
Rest divinely
On the edge
Of the fountain
Dart to nearby
Branches
Lofty places
Flying freely
All around me
They are always
With me

Ever since when
Tucked inside
Safe harbour
Tending to
All her needs
When onlookers
Admire her wisdom
Sweat and tears
Protected for
The power
Of her beauty
All these years
