So persuaded by
Her will, was I
As she left me
So did I.
Willing her
To return
To fill
The void while
Learning to love
All the space
Galaxies inside.
To explore
Edge of unknown
Resides within
The words
'I will...'
I will
Reply
No matter how
Far away
Long since
Storm breaks
A heart waits
Days when
Sun don’t shine
Words don't rhyme
Sleep won't come
Games aren't fun
Talk is cheap
Smoke alarm beeps
Food tastes bad
Ghosts haunt head
Nothing more delicious
Than a book in bed
Passing rain
There is a noble price to pay
For precious moments
Caught unawares each day.
Smiles invade consternation
On work, or other nonsensical plays.
Crawling through choked traffic
Over bridge, no harbour view
Through iron bar fence.
Number plates and brake lights
A flash of beams behind.
A song on the radio
One you might love.
Suddenly, eyes clear
Beaming as broadly
As white clouds over mountain
In front of me.
For all such moments night and day
I carry the cost of knowing
Thousands of smiles can turn
Unexpectedly
Like sun's rays carried away by clouds
Instantaneously, a shower
Pouring down
On my face
If I had leaves
Of envy, I know this -
If I wish to attract the gaze
of the one I love
I do not mill around
in coffee shops.
But if I had leaves,
One would discern me
by my form and shape
Asymmetric and oblique
Fold one in the palm
To breathe in sweet tinge
Of cineole, aromatic
Gently wrap the hand
Around my branch
To discern my years
Notice every wind-whipped
Scar and scorch of blaze
Survived over decades
How can one be jealous
of such natural beauty?
Such earthly passion would
Turn anyone green!
The Greatest View
The years we've known one another Almost as long as the years between It's strange when time doesn't bridge a gap As we expect with bricks and mortar We both grow older, the years between Become relatively few And yet, I still look up to you Looking at your view From below
I’d rather
I'd rather be in love
In a ghetto
Than alone
In an ivory tower
Yearning years
Persistent yearning
Year after year
Suddenly released
Catapulted
Stomach unravels
Tenacity and grit
Bracing for landing
Into oceans deep
Where I longed to be
Floating, not drowning
Ebbing with the tide
Doused in freedom
Heartache suppression
Released tonight
Eternal goodbyes
I'm still standing
At all the places
You said goodbye
Waiting for another
And another...
Shedding
Tears over you
Honestly
All I can do
Count the stars of heaven 