Never missing a moment on the ride out to sleep, still on my way when dawn breaks.
Continue readingNothing is lost to the distance,
binding dreams have me coming back.
You’re reminding me of no-one,
it’s why I can’t look away,
Blue.
Continue readingAn unbalanced book
wrested from a grasp;
fingers never scorched,
it was an icy clasp.
Palm emptied
to hold comfort,
the solace,
the light in the dark.
Before the question,
came the answer,
‘Do you have to ask?’
Love wears
no foolish mask,
truth was told
by a broken heart.
Continue readingBlue Leaves
Blue leaves tied to bare trees,
wind blows and the fall stops.
When all the thoughts hold you.
Let It Come
Stir the calm and let it come;
vapours and dreams,
dance on waves,
beat of gilded drums.
Powerful to powerless,
careless of care.
Loyalty to the disloyal,
in need of prayer.
Vultures on carcass,
coat worn threadbare.
Heartless in darkness,
in reach but never there.
Stir the calm and let it come;
vapours and dreams,
dance on waves,
myriad of tongues.
Fourth,
maybe it’s the fifth.
This time,
I think it was Madrid.
I told you my favourite garden,
you told me of the
Lake Gardens sapling you had planted.
I declined your offer of a mint.
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