When words fade
Into meaningless space
A torrent slipping
Abyss
Applause cut short
Silence pervades
Small delicate beauty
Takes their place

When words fade
Into meaningless space
A torrent slipping
Abyss
Applause cut short
Silence pervades
Small delicate beauty
Takes their place

Pain relief
Sending signals
To live at ease
To smile and laugh
Be well pleased
Be oneself
Be free
Why would one
Deny such a cure
For all?

If all the days
Nights and mornings
Stood in a line
Of highest to lowest
Cascade of time
Today
Third eye blind
Beside all those
That kicked me
To the curb
Barefoot
Undeserved
All except for
A moment somewhere
Someone wondered
Could I be
Loved?

Sense and sensitivity
Brave behaviours
Daily rituals
Humour and fragility
All the things
Love to love
Wrap up
Black band
Wounded heart
Bind in my hands
Soften edges
Massage
Hard places
Breathe warmth
Into mine
And yours

Running out
Of time
To be
With you
Tapping ticking
Meditating
Archive presents
Nothing lost
All is sublime
Keeper
Between the teeth
Wheels turning
Small and wide
Resting in rhythms
That speak
For us

Melancholy
Buoyed by day
Slipping into
Doldrums
Deliberating
Present filled
Future genie
Mementos gleaming
Particles of light
Fall upon me
Waking me
From a dream
With love

A lemon tree
Shape new branches
Think of me
She and I
Sit and stare
At the brightness
The weight lifts
Off our shoulders
Heart lightness
Sweetness overload
Wipes away smiles
All seriousness
Bitter afterbite
As it leaves
Tears salty dry
Giddy tequila
Hypnotised
Beg to taste
Every day

Marmalade
Passionate Paddington
Making more always
Meanwhile Winnie
Puts up with
Hunger pains
Risk stinging swarm
Feeling all forlorn
Climbing trees
All day long
No substitute
Real honey
For love

While all else falls
Outside and around
Here with you
Perfectly true
Through your eyes
The world
And all its forms
Looks beautiful
How to see through
Into you
Forevermore?

Ethereal
Floating in darkness
Missing already
Another moment passes
Two shades of light
Is all that falls
Within the lines
All else is naught
Gaze surpasses
Image in sight
Only sees face
Smiling bright
Sitting in ghostly
Shapes tuck closely
In viewing rooms
Surrounded by you
Cornered by want
Titles reveal
Reflections haunt
Time to steal
Empty spaces
Under glass
Echoing words
Of the past
Clutching at
Elegant moments
Awe and delight
In full view
Feeling blue
