Up or down?

just when a ‘we’ becomes ill-defined we look up to the valley and down to the sky                                             just when an ‘us’ hides behind a facade we look behind the horizon and beyond the yard                                            and we find a ‘why’ and a ‘what’ and a ‘when’ and a ‘how’ as we stumble and fumble to reach […]

To the sea

I stand above the solemn fieldwhere strangers come to seewhatever shall be wishing forin news endowed to thee I walk beside the strangest beachwhere friends of all kinds walkand then I dance the dance, so dearbut cannot talk the talk But ever shall we wonderwhatever could have beenif only I had held your handif only I had […]

Ne’er to go

The wind shakes – the ground breaks – your eyes wake and blink   a joyful string your baggage light delight in spring and build   create God’s guild love, laugh then chide – before I lose my alibi   I reached the wall – a no-through road – yet in your arms I fell […]

what makes one a fairy

what makes one a fairy give her a hedge to hide behind bring lightning and the strongest fragrance and she will have taller feet – longer arms and bigger hands and delve into the Never-never-land   a playmate remains a little girl travelling to the evening star by horse and carriage ride – abandoning reality […]

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 […]

Milk and butter

The evening storm The morning sun The shining Summer – burning Fire red As ice is blue The cold wind isn’t learning That flowers bloom From buds of Spring Like Autumn leaves of colour With startling sense – Emulsified – Like blending full cream milk With melting butter. What dreams may come What loss I […]