If I could ask just one thing Of a girl's best mate How to be in love And never speak its name? How to hold it in For short hours soon to end Only to explode Smiles and tears on journey's end How to read a book Admire a view When next to them? Eyes like infrared Tracing everywhere she went If this secret she relays Would keep me in this band To spend another five, ten years Waiting for her hand
A love like this Need not speak a word Offer a gift Touch a hurt For endless riches Are stored away safe From prying eyes Whispered days Collected conversation Over endless afternoons That live in a landscape Of memories with you
If only the rain Knew how deeply The desert missed Her touch Decades drought Then suddenly A syncopated beat Falls into her She cannot breathe Gasps, absorbs Breaks open New ground Swallow pureness Life abounds New shoots Emanating Stretching fingers Aboveground Creating homes For vagrant Winged wanderers Taking refuge All from clouds
Common Brown Heteronympha merope (Fabricus) at Rosny Hill, Tasmania
Count the stars of heaven 