Lilac pool

my eyes are filled

my eyes are filled with
your wonder
how fragile your
self-opinion seems
in comparison

Discretion

I have always felt deeply
And never met my match
In passion's ring,
How frightening do
I seem to others,
How unyielding as
A superpresent force.
I will hide my true nature
Beneath an eagle's eye,
Let my heart
Soar boldly through an
Endless inner sky.

A true heart

A true heart
Will know your beauty
Because it cares to see,
To set free rather than imprison,
To celebrate and to mourn
The past of present's memory,
And in your lips find freedom.
This night holds no guarantee,
No settled account,
But an infinite potential,
Given in a moment's grace
And gone before the rising moon,
To linger into sleeping.

Double vision

what if

what if that moment contained
your whole life
in the infinity of its passing?
will you let it decide your
broken fate?
seek help before
it's too late

Goodbye to the light

Goodbye to the light,
Hello to the slipped in night,
What a fright was had.
"He could no longer fight it,"
Said the newspaper girl.
"What a swirl was his head,"
Said the postal lady,
"Between the news and lack
Of letters he knew better
Than to stay much longer.
His depression grew stronger
Or so they say,
But I'd wave every day
And he'd shoo me away so
I feel the diagnosis is true."
And so it was settled.
In the night came
And the great light waned
Until there was nothing at all.

Kindred spirit

Kindred of an aching heart
So far and hidden
To know and speak with you
Upon an open plain or
In a forest glade
Beneath a sacred tree
The earth who knows
Your face is silent
But I will supplicate
The ancient spirits
Until one night in sleep
A whisper in my ear
Will name you

O to hear a true song

O to hear a true song
Sung to me
In the dying light of day
To say a true word
Not in play but
With conviction
I'd be your captive listener
Your greatest fan
Intent on every word
A standing ovation with
My eyes
To greet the final line
Then I could live again
And the world
Be full of light
Once more

Spirit

If I could give you more

If I could give you more
Before I sleep
If you weep upon the shore
Below the final precipice
Keep a memory of me
Though if the windy grass
Will mark my passing more
I cannot say
Time belongs to you and
I have gone away

Where can I find you

Where can I find you
When the land runs away?
In a new year the
Months stand as promises
Though darkened by
Uncertainty,
Despite my fiery resolution
Time cannot be swayed
Nor fate circumscribed.
The old wisdom says
Que sera sera
As if to comfort, or that
Love removes
toute la crainte 
d’une extrémité.
But I cannot agree
Because I have known endings
In love before
And think the opposite is true:
It ends too soon

O morning

O morning with a thought of you
Through dark and dreams I come
To promises made before
The twilight of our breaking day
No more to haunt the darkened landscapes
In the ghosted space between us
Your name tattooed upon my lips
I breathe you in
With sunlight

Epitaph

today i shiver at the
coming nothing and
shudder at the why of it.
are these philosophies
meant to comfort?
how can we face the day?
what is your guarantee for
these labours?
the countless throng
all gone in faded time
do you remember them?
etched on stone in
shoebox gardens

As you are now
I once was
As I am now
You shall be
Prepare for death
And follow me

i cannot countenance this
imposing rock
who can stand the
weight of it?
gibbering, chattering
fumbling about
we rush headlong into it

Stop, reader! I have left a world
In which there was a world to do;
Fretting and stewing to be rich
Just such a fool as you.

it crushes my chest and

stifles my screams

it ends there upon the green

Coffee date

"We're at counter-purposes," she said
"And in any case blind
To the reality of our situation
You're not interested in
Knowing the truth of the matter."
"What is the truth?" I asked.
"You cannot begin to fathom it,"
And she wrinkled her nose.
Then she asked me to pass the cream.
I watched her pour it, and the
Coffee swirl around before being stirred
All together into one familiar light brown colour.
"I know more than you think I do," I said.