"Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, Poetry is just the ash."
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Echoes...

I can see you flying
In the shining of your eye,
I can always hear your singing
As you slowly wander by,
And I can feel you breathing
In the morning as you sleep,
But I can never find you
When you hide away and weep.
I can hear your laughter
Like a blessing in the night,
I can see you gently walking
Through the early morning light,
And I can see the visions
In the way you always see,
But I can never find you
When you come to visit me.
I could walk beside you
In the early morning rain,
And wed listen to the whistle
Of the far off winding train,
Through the quiet of the dales
Before the sun has risen high,
Wed hear the singing of the rails
And see the steam clouds paint the sky.
In the shining of your eye,
I can always hear your singing
As you slowly wander by,
And I can feel you breathing
In the morning as you sleep,
But I can never find you
When you hide away and weep.
I can hear your laughter
Like a blessing in the night,
I can see you gently walking
Through the early morning light,
And I can see the visions
In the way you always see,
But I can never find you
When you come to visit me.
I could walk beside you
In the early morning rain,
And wed listen to the whistle
Of the far off winding train,
Through the quiet of the dales
Before the sun has risen high,
Wed hear the singing of the rails
And see the steam clouds paint the sky.
I could dream in echoes
Of the life we would share as one,
We could come back to the meadows
To the love we thought was gone,
We could dance a dance of wonder
In a rhythmic green swathed day,
And we would kiss beneath the willows
In our same forever way
Of the life we would share as one,
We could come back to the meadows
To the love we thought was gone,
We could dance a dance of wonder
In a rhythmic green swathed day,
And we would kiss beneath the willows
In our same forever way
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Dancing feet of the midnight…

Behind me trail the shadows
From before I kissed the sky,
From before I ever met you
From before we said goodbye,
When the shadows were unheard of
Through our silver filigree,
And the only thing I trusted
Was the love you gave to me.
The dancing feet of midnight
Kept the morning far away,
Like that never ending moment
At the dawning of the day,
When I knew that I was dreaming
Like a seabird in the air,
As the reminiscent breezes
Gently wandered through my hair.
But there is a time for darkness
And another time for light,
And another time for light,
Like the fading of an evening
And the gift of second sight,
Though behind the waiting shadows
In the softly falling rain
Is an image of tomorrow
And the easing of my pain...
Saturday, July 19, 2008
I dont...
I dont sing
Like singers do,
And I dont paint
The evening view,
I cant pretend
The dreams I see
Will bring you dancing
Home to me,
The only thing
That I can do
Is use my words
To worship you.
I dont have
A smile that shines,
Like moonlight
On the dewed pines,
I didnt know
The things to say,
To raise the curtain
On our play,
But give to me
The words and time
And Ill write you
A special rhyme.
I dont know
The heart of you,
Or all the things
You say and do,
And I cant walk
The glens today
For there are words
I need to say,
But maybe
In the coming day and air..
Youll come to see
The way I love and care..
Friday, July 18, 2008
Come to me my love....

Come to me when all mysteries have been exhausted,
when wonder and innocence have died.
when wonder and innocence have died.
When all the fragile jewels of Earth lay broken at my feet
let me gaze into your eyes.
The goat-man has led his goats
to their evening pasture,
the monks have sung their evening song
and sit in silent meditation.
The stars steal one by one into the darkening sky
to await the silver boat of the Moon.
I sit within my little room
and wait for my Beloved.
A score of worthless thoughts
come to fill my head,
they sit upon my chair
and lie upon my bed;
A hundred tunes and enchantments
assail my ears and mind
and beg me to put
all thoughts of you behind.
Come, delightful lover,
come resplendent Lord of silent Thunder-
the fruit these phantoms offer
is sweet but does not ease my hunger.
The ferryman has tied up his boat
and retired to his little hut,
the golden gleam of its lantern seeps
out into the darkness
like honey through a crack.
Before me the moonlight casts
a silver road across the water;
the world with all its sleepy towns
and dreaming villages
falls away behind my back.
Come to me when all mysteries have been exhausted,
when wonder and innocence have died.
When all the fragile jewels of Earth lay broken at my feet
let me gaze into your eyes...
Speak to me the ancient word
and call me by my name,
lift me up in your arms
and make me yours again.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Look up my love

Look up, my love, and see where stars are falling
falling over antique Egypt and India,
falling over far Greece and ancient China,
stars like crystal tourmalines,
stars like poets fading dreams,
stars like fallen gods and angels in eternal descent,
stars like the falling petals of autumnal blossom
shaken loose from some great tree
to light the skies above you and me;
falling worlds of wonder that have passed millennia ago,
as fiery as the hearts of raging suns,
as cool and exquisite as winter's first new buds of snow,
falling stars like words of love I may not speak
for fear of Time's stern jealousy,
stars that write a heavenly message in sigils clear and true above Thee.
Look up, my love, and see where stars are falling
falling like the wisdom of serpents and doves,
falling like so much past and perished dust ignited by the atmosphere,
each star a dead and fallen world
with all its people's joys and fears turned into a torch above us,
a plea for understanding, a shout of triumph,
a brief moment of incandescence before it is plunged into eternal Night
beyond the sight of Angels and Men,
never to come again.
Look up, my love, into the splendid night
with its ever-shifting aurora of dreams;
lay your head upon my shoulder beneath the poplar tree,
above us Heaven's milky stream that flows from dusk to dawn
between oblivion's banks,
and if a word from our joined lips is torn
then let it be a word of thanks.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
CoMMunioN

Across the great and shining void,
he called,his spirit in reverberation sang.
So silken were the fetters binding us,
I gave a start as bells of silver rang.
Soon he was everywhere and so was I,
our hearts in holy ardor blending bright.
How pure the emulation, once begun,
when did my soul begin to turn so white?
Such joyous chords, too high for mortal breath,
Oh, my beloved show me now the way
and let our hearts in merry tones now blend
as sweet communion sparked eternal day.
The revelation struck me like a knife,
before the earth began we yet were one.
Creation called and thus our spirits cried,
resounding at the birthing of the sun...
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