Hover

New set of stuff under title of Hover.

Goodbye

Your eyes close the space
Stretching hours into moments
In their tender embrace
And a thousand cobweb threads
Could not hold you
However tight
And no rain could douse
Those eyes burning bright
A storm will rage in my heart
For all days
Since I've had to watch
Your eyes say

Rochester Cathedral (plus fragment from visit to Mont Saint Michel)

To Rochester Cathedral I go
Loitering amongst the vaulted spaces
Air redolent with prayers and hope
Old stones standing strong
Shoring me up with their fortitude

And in this space, these finite walls
I'll find an easing of my soul
Letting slip all my vanities
Stepping out of this fearful skin
Finding hope again

To Rochester Cathedral I go
As often as I have before
These old walls are my friends
They teach me how to weather all
Old stones standing strong
Shoring me up with their fortitude

~

(..the heart is a vaulted cathedral
where angels sing..)

Cerulean Daze

I would have lived on a hill
Where the trees never stood still
Kissed by an ocean's breeze
Safe in those cerulean days

I take a moment now and then
To remember how and when
We changed
How we change

Mosaics on the floor
Crosswords against the door
And every little fragment that falls
Into place
Changes the look on your face
Till I no longer recognise you
At all

Four winds and a high tide
Won't help me find the way
Back to my cerulean daze

I would have lived on a hill
Where the trees never stood still
Kissed by an ocean's breeze
Safe in those cerulean days

Beach Mermaid (2005)

A wreck upon the water stands
Bend o'er to the waves
The sweetest music as she sings
The sailors maid
She lures them to the rocks and underhand
Her hair all wreathed in seaweed is their fate
Tangled up in her laugh
They realise too late
She is the siren on the beach
The metal twisted harpie queen
The high tide mark
All stranded with the rust
Of a thousand sailors dreams

A wreck upon the water stands
bend o'er to the waves
The sweetest music as she sings
Manmade mermaid

This will be the only time I ask

Did you let the mask slip
And did your eyes see
Was it too much
Or was it just me
Could you let your mask slip
And be what I need
Is too much to ask
Of a man
Or will you
Reveal to me

I don’t need your great plan
Your exercise in being an also can
What path leads to my door
Just love, nothing more
What words could you ever sing
Better than the angels’ horizons bring
I don’t need another way
I just need you to say
What does your heart see
Or is it just me

You write it out in prose
Black ink on faded rose
You carved it onto a tree
A promise for all to see
But it’s not words or symbols
It’s just love, nothing more
What words could you ever sing
Better than the angels’ horizons bring
I don’t need another way
I just need you to say
What does your heart see

Raptor

Do you think they know how free they are?
Not weighed down by trinkets and tax
There's just life and death
And inbetween there's flying