soft

To shower you
with the petals
of a flower
that speaks

To whisper your name
with a fragrance
so sweet

…and to sing you
a song,

it’s gentle wind
kissing you
softly…

all
night
long…

my world

my world is shadows
upside downs
bites of peace from anxiety pie

my world is safety
in the silence of noise, the kind that is metallic and loud..

my world is the sway of tree tops through a lonely window

my world is the comfort of concrete, shiny metals, flattened cans, rubber straps with buckles, days strung together as one, moments I can count on my fingers and on my toes…

my world is an invisible past that weighs heavy on my soul

The Bard’s Meditation

Lying in a pool of sweat, at the edge of the shore he slept
eyes closed in a shallow sleep…a meditation to meet
with the passing of ships outside the door…
and his surrender to the moor…

…soft black
beneath his eyes
the interior
of inward skies…

is where he heard the words, (perhaps from some place far):
“Speak, so that I may see you and know who you are.”

The Ground

I turn to your comfort, once again
your crooked lines
geometric shapes
smashed, dried flowers
warmed by the windy sun…
a breath

I turn to you, again, my friend
your shiny metals, dirtied papers,
lost pages of a book…
a breath

you absorb my every step
holding my focus
if I choose so,
a comfort almost forgotten…
like the breath

As I walk through the shadow
of bright faces
loud smiles

As I wear the darkness of day
my short-sleeved shirt, my scars…
exposed

like the early onset of night’s glare
just a shadow of what’s already there
false hopes
blank stares
intoxicated laughter…
like a million nails shredding my skin…
laying me bare..

the breath…
it comes, as long as I look down
and feel the pound
of my shoes against you…

the ground.

She’s so high…

The radio knew she’d be around the corner
as I wondered, too, if I’d see her there…but it really doesn’t matter cuz
“i know where I belong and nothin’s gonna happen”

The radio knew she’d be there
and I wondered if I’d see her, but it really doesn’t matter,
“cause she’s so high, high above me, so lovely”

cuz the radio knew she’d be there
’round the corner, so lovely, so lovely
“Cleopatra…Aphrodite…
she’s so high, so high above me…”

words mirrored

I know they are just words
i know they are directed outward and perhaps dissapear into space
i know they are subject to random eyes
and it’s all just a crap shoot where they land
they were produced behind the scenes
behind this curtain, these blinds
where the light is blinding
and the projection sound
where silence reigns
and it’s only the self
that remains
it just keeps shouting…
it just keeps shooting
and it’s only the self
that remains
where silence reigns
and the projection is sound
where the light is blinding
behind this curtain, I am blind
they were produced behind the scenes
and it’s all just a crap shoot where they land…
i know they are subject to random eyes
…and i know they are directed outward and perhaps dissapear into space..
I know they are just words

You

You

make my world shake
with your step
as I watch you…

walk by.
You

steal my breath
with your look
as I stand there…

too shy.
You

make my heart pound make my head spin
you raise me…

from the ground…

Just as the canvas is captive to the strokes of the brush, so I am captive to the brush of your strokes…

…your walk…your look…

like color in my black and white world
like flavor in a flavorless swirl
like chimes on a windy day…I am pushed…
hard
…by your sway…

You…

you make my day.

home

I’m traversing the waters
of the sky on a ship
that floats oh so high
I see past lifetimes
into a distance yet
unknown…the destination…
home.

tattooed

your Mona Lisa smile is tattooed on my mind
as I tremble  in your presence
I drink you in…
absorbed, penetrated
under the skin
your look
a permanent color
a permanent die
no longer can I these feelings hide
because your image is inked on my mind.

no, man

no, man
snow, man
I don’t know, man.

no, man, snow, man,
I don’t know, man.

No man snow man I don’t know man.
I just don’t know man.
Snow man
Just snow man.

Yeah ya know…
I just don’t know…

man.