It came but in an instant And left as quickly too And what one saw Was from before And now well out of view Do I stand a life departed A life well past (beyond) Or do I wonder – Cast asunder Embracing to abscond Accept conceited intervention Thoughts from yesteryear Or wail in pain […]
Category: Life
Free
And when the day it turned to night And the sun – it turned to moon I knew I could not avail myself I had left it all too soon And when Summer turned itself to Spring and winter turned to Fall I knew I had lost what meant the Most – I knew it […]
Discerning
I stood outside the faded scene from window to the shore and wondered was this all there was and would I see much more Much more of what the future held in hand away from glare of substance and of joy I thought the essence of being there But where: I wondered once again would […]
Bountiful
The noise was heard before the door was opened to the clue that one can find their fortune in another’s bountiful With wealth obscuring fondness and with fame left in the drawer if only the unknown be sought their wisdom would restore He could not stand the others but he tried to nonetheless there was […]
My avenue
The world appeared unhappy A place where I could lull And be outside of myself And see a sky so dull It happened that at times like this I’d sense something awry And wonder if I’d missed my time And ask the question; why But no-one wanted answers They knew not what to say And […]
The hallowed ground
Standing on the hallowed ground I look above and all around And feel the magic touch It comes to share the feelings grand The crowd no more within its stands As dusk replaces day So much of meaning came before Now just a memory – times of yore Held within their land I’ve walked with […]
The shallow sea
He stood before the shallow sea And wondered what went wrong If only for the simple things Like solitude and song He stood before the shallow sea And thought that he’d have plenty But then desire came along And ‘fore he knew he’d spent it The window opened once again The sunshine danced along He […]
A lesson
It wasn’t what he’d thought it was And never would it be The ease with which his mortal self The ease with which he’d see Tomorrow turn to yesteryear And yesterday to now And when they turned he held her hand And whispered with a vow A vow that would see them become A couplet […]
the elephant in the room
The elephant in the room laments and memory falls on common sense whilst on the window ledge she sits thinking back to when she’d flirt and flit always present – always there she senses tension in the air and one diverts from glaring eyes a memory lost – a false design unease amounts […]
Umbrella Moon
She knew I knew her unknown thoughts and things kept well from sight like umbrella moon – a sweet perfume as pure as delight And when the night-time hovered and the evening showed its face I knew right then that she would send with elegance and grace Her beauty and compassion her feeling of supreme […]
sensualism 