AFAIC 07:20AM
Reality bites with canine teeth – invariably
TOMORROW MAY STILL COME
No
I’m too tired to live fast
No
I’m too old to die young
No
I won’t be a beautiful corpse
But
Make me a dream
With
Stars and a unicorn
And
Wrap me up warm
In your
Loving embrace
And
Tomorrow may still
Come
LIQUID DEATH
She sometimes falls
into the alcohole.
Deep and dark and
wet, trying hard to stay
afloat whilst gulping
the liquid death.
Knowing all to well
that the bottomless pit
offers nothing but sorrow,
guilt and regret. Though
she tends to forget.
THE RIVER OF TIME
I let opportunities
pass
floating slowly by
on the river of time
of which I play no part
just observing
them
among the rest of
the debris
PEEVISH
I’m leaking
from holes I
didn’t know
existed.
Patience
once abundant
now nearly
depleted.
When dried,
crumbled and
brittle, the tiniest
of sparks
wreaking
havoc in me –
the dust
never settling.
ESSENCE OF GRACE
detach the cord
feeding the stars
black as blackest
night behold.
winter solstice
turning tides
surfing waves of
tomorrow’s delight.
trace the grey
in clouds above
none be found
darkness abide.
hand in hand
desire ablaze
harbouring the
Essence of Grace
A SAFER SHORE
We Barged once
On canals like
Veins through The Fens
In Silence bar
The Engine and
The Rows
Stuck at night
Rescued but
Never quite right
Wanting more
Dreaming
Hoping
Wishing
for a safer shore
REST MY DEAR
rest my dear
the journey goes on,
far from over
though nights
grow longer and
days go darker
the road ahead
twisted and turned
alit by the fire in
your eyes alone
preparing the mind
crossing the stars
banishing fears
poisoning the
heart
WHISPERING PRAYERS
The flickering of
candles
aligned but scattered
in sand
as
pine among fern
mesmerising
tranquillising
silence fills
their whispering
prayers
IN SILENCE
Build me a closet with
white padded walls and
a radiator to
keep me warm.
Bring me a candle,
ink and a pen,
papyrus in excess
please my friend.
Sing me a song of
friendship and
laughter, blue sky
above meadows,
dancing and flowers.
Wave me goodbye as
the door is closing,
the key turned twice
clockwise
in silence.