Love like

A new puppy
A longing overcomes
Subtly over time
Then suddenly undone

Sleepless nights
Frequent walks
Accidental strife
Adorable, warm

A love not chosen
Like a spell cast
Wooing bright eyes
Mesmerised at last

I'll walk my love
Down every street
Doggy park
Beach retreat

Nodding at fellow
Lovers off leash
Tied to feelings
Unfathomable

Feeling responsible
For daily care
Falling asleep
Nestled in there

Such is the way
Of owning your own
In love with you
Who knew?




To willing friends and sea room

Raise a toast
Majestic friends
Beautiful strangers
At land's end

Float freely
Sail your course
Sending care
Light, flags, morse

How to tell
Land loving one
Radio silence
Air waves none

Hand me nothing
On silver platters
Cosy toes friends
Nothing else matters

Sometime a certain
Happenstance lingers
Peels off layers
Slips through fingers

Dignity to watch
Unravelling reveal
More willing heart
A moment to steal




Out the window

My darling, my dear
Do you see what just appeared
You would love the very sight of this
If only you were here

Beautiful, lovely one
How nice this time of year
I'm staring out the window
Waiting for the sky to clear

Wonderful, my only love
The fire burns bright here
I've stocked us up for winter
Our warmth, food and beer

Sweet thing, come near
There's not much else to do
But sit and sing a song
And walk a mile or two with you

Heavy weather

Every word hangs heavy in the air
Each a dew drop from pure source
Wind blown in from afar
Whispering on the water
Trickling down the shore
Breeze holds back waves
Always moving forward
Air and sea and shore
All holding on
To one another
Through the storm