Wild days

Oh but for those wild days Where the yardarm greets the sun I could abate the little bird And be the only one   Who stands upon a portal And sings upon a rock Who nestles in the silent night Walking to the expanse of the dock   Why jump; one thinks and ponders Why […]

More than myself

Can I create more than myself And if I can, must I? Is livelihood (like solitude) About to pass me by? At times we associate With a view  – a sight to see A sense of fatal curfew – Of our own mortality Can I build a house to share – Must I share it […]

But a second

Absence of a tryst to love Does not abandon thee From amorous encounters In a world of make-believe Absence of a single thought Wants not a lesser being Yet, in time one cannot become What one cannot see For sight to some means knowledge Powered by the mind If one be blind, does it decry […]

changing life’s meaning

Every time I find the meaning of life they change it. That’s the title of Daniel Klein’s book, published a couple of years ago now but one I return to whenever I’m thinking too far ahead of the here and now. You see, Klein believes that we should all be more like Snookers, his dog, […]

If only…

If only the sun didn’t carry heat If only winter did not bring snow If only the water lapped at my feet If only I could reap and sow If only I saw the future, told If only I could tell what I had in store If only I lacked regret for days of old If […]

Moral Absolution

I felt a pang of enmity In shoulder and in heart A pang that measures friend from foe Who, once loved, now forgot.   But enmity and absolution Couldn’t share the thoughts of one A lover with a dagger drawn Spells irony to some   To heal, to treat, perambulate Attend to task at hand […]