Forces of deep
All it keeps
Eventually
Rises up
Burst
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You.had.me
Forgive me for being
Curious, open, willing
Honest as they come
Naivety swills within
Rambunctious stories
Jig me in with
Hands that have held
Wild things
Champion blend in surrounds
All the ink I spilled
When wild stories hurt to hold in
The promise of getting old
One day with you
When you had me
At octopus
All the ways
We stop. Start.
Unparalleled universes
Yet familiar
Silence descends
Music elevates
Ups and downs
We cannot account for
Mysterious darkness
Truth of light reveals
Eyes are windows
Blinds closed
Cradle to grave
Only eternal sea knows
Getaway
Daily trifles flutter
Fall as the breeze
Tensions ease
Further away you go
Fruiting bodies
Life abounds on the edge
We always knew the rainbow
Not lines of solid colours
A spectrum of hues
Our very DNA intermingles
Since time immemorial
Generations of story tellers
Minced with scientific truths
A new kind of love walks around
Nods at one another,
Knowingly
Formerly L, G, B or Q
Now are plus beings
Who love one not defined
By straight lines
Yet familiar it is, human
With fruiting bodies
Taking on attributes
Of one another
Perfect symmetry of life
Far and wide
Will I set it free?
To wander monsoon streets
Slip into fever dreams
Strap to airplane seats
Will I loosen from its nest
Inside of me?
To fly above swirling schools
Of fish perused
By cephalopods and seals?
Do I secure it soundly within
Cabin walls to sway
In tempestuous swells
Safely in your arms?
Do I unleash this love of mine
Deep-seated divine
Nestled in safe hands
Across unending oceans?
Holding untethered body
In its wake.
Forever residing in waves
That which joins all lands
Far and wide
Joints, muscles and sinew
Within us too.
Arise
May I entreat thee
A painstakingly slow
Reveal
If you're not sold
On its worth
Grow weary before
Ribbon falls
To the ground
Blink as lid lifts
Lay it aside
Open wide
Tease of tissue paper
Crinkles as the nose
In anticipation
No waiting game
Moments of reckoning
One still standing, poised
Wing span of heart's
Butterflies
The best things take time
Not drowning… waving
Know the signs
Between the flags
On any ordinary day
Means traffic lights
Warning you
Do not pass this way
A buoy in the storm
Mollusc island
Bobbing in deep blue
Someone to hold onto
Regardless of
Turbulence of waves
Deployed all receptive
Sensors listening
For escape pod
Down to the wire
Launch sodden sea bottom
Breath of salt air saves
Warm bodied creatures
Gravitate easy as breeze
Silent staring on horizon
Unison is what we crave
Debut on pontoon parade
Birds eye view amazed
Cohabiting cocoon
Licks salty tips
Of fingers
Like fish and chips
Living for the day
Crush
So aptly named
Immersion
Deep dive into springs
Coiled anticipation
Endless well
Sensory sublime
See you in dream time
Count the stars of heaven 