A Room
A room
A crowd
A silence
Possesses me
Alone I sit
But surrounded
Encased in humanity
And I am afraid
Of what?
Leave a Comment A room
A crowd
A silence
Possesses me
Alone I sit
But surrounded
Encased in humanity
And I am afraid
Of what?
Leave a Comment Moon shining down Upon a lunar landscape Of reds and browns and pinks and blacks and greys and greens Shimmering in the heat Of a thousand ovens Quiver trees stand guard Over vast emptinesses Of sand and rock Hot, burning my hands As I stoop and touch their barrenness, Their wildness and their loneliness I feel as if I am alone With this landscape Nothing exists but us Both blown by the same hot winds Both scorched by the same hot sun Is there any reality but ours?
15/02/1991
Leave a CommentYour tears, like silver raindrops fell
Silent, unchecked, unstoppable.
You think they are a sign of weakness
But they are not.
I sat there and saw you cry,
Saw the child within the woman
And the beauty deep inside.
You have a gift, my friend,
That has not been given to many.
You feel, you care, you love.
You see the mooi in everything
That is a precious thing you have,
Do not lose it or hide it deep within you,
Where no-one can see it
But let it grow with you.
This world has need of that
And of you.
17/01/1990
Leave a CommentSlow silent flows the river
Past willow, rush and grass
Mountain born
Snow fed
Aged now
Silt laden
Meandering, turgid
Giving of its being
As it passes
Heading onwards
Towards an ancient mixing
With wide Atlantic
06/09/2000
Leave a CommentThe coffee cup grows cold slowly in my hand
Whilst I, distracted, think on you.
Then the world surrounding me
Stops
And I lose myself in fading remembrances
My heart is warmed
And I am slowly lifted
Out of the darkness
That I have built around me
Since you left.
And when I turn back to reality
I know you are with me
Within
And I am whole.
13/07/1990
Leave a CommentIt's ten to six in the morning A cold, cold morning Travel through the haze Of half sleep Returning to hateful wakefulness And with it Another day Maps itself out In full bloody detail Before me Roll off the bed Hit the floor Trying to wake up Failing Eyelids glued together Won't come unstuck A thousand deserts In my mouth Stumble to the bathroom To shave If I don't cut my throat first By mistake Brush my teeth Up, down Up, down Brush Not head That fuzzy thing in the mirror Is that me? Hell, I look rabid Maybe I am I feel it Dress In what? Something from the heap On the floor Something clean Well At least something That doesn't smell too bad Breakfast Something floating In my bowl Oh, it's cornflakes I think It's so full of iron I could rust Go to work Car won't start Kick the damn thing Sit behind the wheel Hitting my head On its hard rim Start For fuck sakes, start! Sit behind my desk All day Papers pass before my eyes Unread Unheeded Unwanted Oh please let me die! Glance at the clock Ten more minutes Until parole time A bloated blurry body Dumps more papers on my desk 'These are important' it bleats As I try not to kill them Finally I am finished It is dark outside I sit in the car praying To the gods of starter motors Cough, cough, whirr, BANG! Well I guess that counts as starting Shit! The fuel light is on Get home, open the door What should I eat Whatever is in the fridge Whatever isn't green and furry Should I cook it? No why bother Sit down In front of the TV A talking head is asking Whether I have had an accident at work Hell My whole being is an accident Can I get compensation? Turn the taps Of an arthritic shower Waiting for the water To go from freezing To almost lukewarm Now where's the soap It is way past midnight As I hit the bed With a sickening thump Of head on pillow Crawl under the sheet And pull it tight And hope The nightmares don't come again Repeat...
18/09/2000
Leave a CommentIn the silence of summer standing
Alone with you
Within these green walls
Of forest quiet
With our remembrances
Of life and love
And being
Within the universe
14/11/1997
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