In my feet pounding pavement
Hips swaying to music
Waves crashing in ears
Sun beating
Rhythm in my solar plexis
Salty sting of tears
Glitter on the water -
In your eyes -
Evokes a feeling
One cannot contain
Boundless sea
I feel you
Admiring the deep grooves
Contour lines of my hands
Topography of life
More marked and populated
As time goes by
I have grown old
Waiting to know you
Hearts beat wild
Parading throes of life
Why are we here?
Questions that never disappear
Take the child
Within each passing smile
Fear of the brink
Fear of the greatest unknown
One step closer
Seeker of sparkly things
Eyes always searching crowd
For glittery glimpse
Of small city familiarity
Search and found
Ache of longing rescued
No shame in admiration
A bouquet of floral, gemstone and jewellery
Hands shoved in pockets
To stop their dance moves
Body chimes in, swaying back and forth
Rocking to classic sound of heart's beat
Eyes and ears glued to lips and voice
Ebb and flow of sound
Storyteller sighs for a while
Relieved loyal receiver of sparkly tales.
The way you looked at me
Those days
Years away
Stays with me
Every day
I'd rather pick blackberries and never taste a bite
I'd rather go plane watching and never take a flight
I'd rather climb a mountain and not see the other side
Than to ever fall in love again with an absent friend
If seaside rocks could speak
They'd tell us how the world was formed
Should pelagic birds learn drawing
Secrets of deep ocean revealed
Might blossoms hum in tune with bees
What merriment the sunshine brings
The morning is mine
Tuck in divine
Roll up sunrise blind
Unfurl, tip toe hushed
Eyes wide in the dark
Story teller roused
To depths of mind
Remnants of life drift
Catch dreams in flight
Pondering path laid out
By wakening of daylight
Jolt by time's persistence
All resistance falls to floor
Don fresh attire
A new chance awaits
Opportunity born
How one so accustomed
To heartbreak
Could mend and bend mine
Cure-all in one
Placebo the other
Pick which hand?
A limerant and her lover
Knows deep down
The match may cause to suffer, though
Much less than the world has shown
For standing on the brink of despair
A hard fall lies beneath
It might as well be love
That sweeps you off your feet
For on this feeling you'll soar
Find new paths to explore
Confusion sets in when alone on the moors
Looking back, you always were
And so it aches
In the body
In the belly
In its waves
Of the brain
Rejection queued like
Physical pain
Betrayal by past lovers
All hung on this nail
Never a vow passed
Between these lips of ours
Why they curl with grief
Too close to hate
High stakes she claims
Count the stars of heaven 