For you - in winter
I.
In the hour of not-quite blue
your long, lean, lithe form,
your back,
finally at rest,
next to me.
My hand finds
the soft, silent curve,
the indent of your waist,
and slides
gracefully
seeking its place
wrapped round your masculine pride
like an infant’s grasp
holding on
because
II.
You are not a guardian angel
but you protect me:
...Friday 1st April 2016 12:09 am
A Slipper in the Sand
A slipper in the sand
I sleep
I slip into
As each wave passes quietly beneath me.
An imprinting
Not unlike a mold.
Who poured mine?
A slipper in the sand
I sleep
I slip into
A musical drape of living liquid removing.
A mystery of millennia
Conducting flute and fiddle
Beneath my flesh.
The deeper I go the smaller I feel.
I slip in and
What w...
Tuesday 1st March 2016 3:05 pm
Zen/Anger
In the ground I sit
Counting.
On the ground I stand
Humming.
In dreams
I am full of hips that sway side to side
Full of my own soul
Full of my weeping
Full of knowing.
Someone tries to take a scalpel to my curves –
Chop them off
Surgically remove them -
Angry that I represent
Gaia,
the living breathing Earth,
swaying and undulating unde...
Sunday 31st May 2015 6:49 pm
Winter's debate with spring
So quiet and peaceful
the snow
The monochrome light
shimmering on late
crystaline forms
The seasons
debate
argue
press their agendas
Winter does not wish to
awake
Spring fears
the responsibility of birth
The snow settles quietly
into nightfall.
Morning tells.
Saturday 15th June 2013 2:46 am
A Map
I carry a music inside me –
It is a quiet wind that shows me
where I am.
Thursday 24th May 2012 11:37 pm
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