Oh leaf, oh leaf Become a bud That brings promise with ease Oh bud, oh bud Become a flower Yearned for, cherished, seen Flower, flower Blooming bright – Rest your head on mi Flower, flower – Wilting kite – Oh, mortality! Oh water mi Sweet angel Day after day goes by Oh water mi The […]
Tag: life
The ocean’s child
The ocean was his child He played with while away The sky was an absconder From a royal’s dour day He listened to the ‘Helmsman’ His wife (one day) – would replace Gravity – sincerity His choice – his saving grace I will endear myself to thee And give honour to the Crown For ever […]
I happened on a stranger
I happened on a stranger With a smile that said friend And struck up a conversation Mixed with laughter and no end Her face was warm and glowing Like the sun on sparkling sea No sense of grief or sorrow Only merriment and glee I had nothing to give her But simple innocence aglow As […]
I walked the road of timeliness
I walked the road of timeliness With patience in my pocket On a rock I lit a cigarette And caught my breath upon it I looked from hillside to the sea Old windows streamed around me Strangers one and all observed A righteous life had found me I stubbed the butt into the earth With […]
I sat upon the creviced stone
I sat upon the creviced stone And looked toward the sky And wondered what the future held And where – and what – and why Where would I land in five years time And what would get me there Why was I who I had become A man for whom I care For to love […]
Virtue and Vice
What can be said to virtue and vice That has not been said before The lifeblood and the mortal wound In the now (and times well-stored) Sagacity reciprocates And ‘learn-ed’ gives and takes Like the clouds needed for thunder’s storm With ignorance in their wake But what of you – (and […]
it had been a cold and lonely winter
It had been a cold and lonely winter yet the sunlight followed her like a spotlight – and her face spread joy like an infant child Racing between thoughts of yesteryear and the here and now – she pondered over the love she knew (once – and long ago) And the happiness that traced her […]
thoughts of yesterday
The lonely mind lay on the bed – Reliving thoughts of yesterday What brought me here – Why have I travelled so How stoic was my time From there to now The window flew – the valley ached Yet the river told the story Streaming of a road I’d travelled less The road that led […]
she lay awake
She lay awake and looked above Her hand reaching for the sky She touched the ceiling – broke the glass And knew that she could fly She lay awake and felt a rope Tie her arms together And as she tried to wrestle free Her arms were soon untethered She pushed the sheet above her […]
Auntie
With no idea of time Her revelry was unsurpassed In the imperial glaze Of winter afternoons She ought not feel defeated For exuberance would rise – With smiles drawn – To faces of a child Their love of timeless energy Would deem all else inferior To a cloistered sense of wisdom And frivolity writ large […]
sensualism 