wait

a woman will try
blinded by the rules
my sweet, I've set you

in every night's reach --
within the charm, i saw in you
my pulse

alive

his name rests upon my lips

those eyes impress with memory's wake -

colors my cheeks and lets me in

but will he breathe my name? 

Torn

Torn from poetry’s bend

His words fell silent and dropped my hand

Tonight he took his cap and left the stage --

Today I run through barren fields and into the maze.

good

the day's inviting the overcast
northern winds erase the fear I felt
good november, nothing's after me -

i saw your ocean eyes;
i heard you calling over the fields -
is your heart in with mine?

Stained

Words stained in viper's blood,
Those daggers chill my bones.
Love's her wild sharpened sword;

Wash hands and quit nature's role --
Cold separation's ill-equipped to reign,
But no music or lines await next act.

No more

Brings me to my knees
Predators and thieves
How they draw me now
With slight and humble bow
I submit and take my leave
Though they crawl beneath my sleeve
Biting and stinging they allow
No footprints so mark this wintry vow
From sunken state hungry to receive
Her open arms, only then will I believe.

Hellish

Texas went and took my name
Muted my lips by October's hand
Chased me into inferno with painted face
And left me choking on monstrous err
Texas went and took my heart

flounder

call me a creator
and I'll call you a thief;
paint me in muted blur
and I'll walk in blue relief;
carry me by guilt's remainder
and I'll fill pockets with my grief;
lead me north of man's evader
and I'll stumble in last belief.

Quake

Limbs carry me numbly as these wolves eat free
The error of my ways, the fumbling frazzled me.
They scold and teach across life's gusty sea;
But my frail heart meets death soon and simply.

Drowns True

Fetch the captain and ready the crew;
Those eyes of beauty no longer greet symmetry
What sealed his heart – our memory drowns true,

Never ashore merely left to a swallowing sea  –
The good compass misguided by a rose

Cast

trees and
hills i climb

all inside

valleys and
canyons i dive

all inside

Leave it

Mama, make for the road
That winds and bends
In the half-light, Mama
In the half-light,
Make for the road
That winds and bends, Mama
Remember me.

In me

Robins falter with
deflated breasts

In evening’s echo

of muffled cries

Winds lift and drop 
their feathers.

Warning

August stole the spirit and blew out the flame

Plight

Bind my hands and cover my mouth

Land me on friendless ground.

The chosen path shares no light

Oh, but for the rose I once knew –
I anchor in my plight. 

She Sighs

Past the chime
She wakes
And oh, she sighs.

Directions given,
Whispers, "Mama..."
And oh, she sighs.

Goes delicately
But then, but then – 
And oh, she sighs.

Seek

A patch in autumn's quilt
Thread in yellow, red, orange
Written for the traveller,
Hemmed in life's impression
The secrets nature drops.

Shake

fallen, yes I've
fallen

lost my honor and

smudged 

the course.

in with muddle

my hands, my words

they shake.

Here

Time's gone now,
And took with him
The friend I
Knew so well.

Shout

no need to shout -
darlin', i've set you
close by firelight.

hold me, darlin' -
my words, my words
fall to those wolves.

They

mama,
they bare their teeth
mama,
they're beautiful
mama,
they've caught me
mama,
their blood's on my hands
mama,
they make for my heart

Moving

a voice
aware and alone,

drains colorless
without you.

all ridden
come first light.

He stands

In life's prelude,
Generous, he stands.

Fastening sense,
His forward's won;

Compels me,
Close sagacity.

Myself

Finding September
By the river's flow,
Faltering onward
Espy reflection!

Time has told me
With no footprints
Nothing to hide,
Lead the way!

A Need

Reluctantly, I
Wake in worried silence.
Leave, disquiet window.
Tears fill blurred prospect
Ache contact and replies
Reluctantly, I rise.

Exposed

Longing for a chorus,
I've set faith upon time.
Now easy portal’s closed

I’m lost in the city,

Coming up last.

Truth's exposed

In the faraway green.

City, carry me kindly;

Find absent heart -

Beg for quiet pulse.

Far and away

Far and away,
Beyond know-how,
Reaching, I am,
For home.

Grown weary
Stripped of company -
Mother, do you hear me?
Yearn for warmth.

Beneath downfall,
Hesitating once more
Within doubt's shadow,
Mother, are you there?

Far and away,
Eyes closed tight,
Farewell, know-how,
I'll find home.

Wait for me,

'Til the darkness goes away
'Til we smile and hesitate
'Til the shivering calms
'Til peace in stillness
'Til my eyes open again
'Til the sweetest night

Hindsight

Gnawing my conscience,

Alone with howling

High tide –

Awaken such agitation

Blinking for release.

To then but fall behind
The city’s current.

A Cry

Fragile and chipped
Needy, my existence,

Why, I feel a cry.

Bewitching hour,

Steady me now.

And

Sleep, my good friend,
Run away, run far away.

Pretty City

Find me wandering lost

Alone in the city –

Lying in the arms

Of advancing day and night.

Welcome me to

The comfort unknown –

Bleak solitude does wake me;

Carry me onward.

Await tomorrow’s voice –

Knowing and impatient heart;

Way of fate, hold me close -
Dance with me, Pretty City.

Novel City

Novel City,

I am here!

desolate September night,

cloaked with inviting reality -

quiet spirit rises and falls -

dispelling fears and dreams,

Novel City,

I am here!

ajar

an inviting pulse
kindles a verse within.
listen, love, my heart's ajar -
a welcome vulnerability
stirring in me such rapture;
darlin', your melody's alive.

between

in the in between,
a starving phase
desire and direction
pull me
to familiar place;
it's waiting for me
draw close, chance,
and give me the stars.

next to you

lying here, next to you
finding myself
an ode for
meeting lips
a ruling rhythm
all around, a blur
lying here, next to you
show me the way
to your warmth

excess

visions of two
     walking in hand
with numbered
     days
beginners, we are
     a welcome feeling
marvel let in
     with confidence
meet mystery
     in excess

a face

hypnotise me
with your elegance
here, my sweet,
meet me within.
teach me the rhyme
of your hands,
lost, now i'm found
here by your side.
i close my eyes,
all i see
is your face.

light

call to me
     in the morning light
in the glow of downtown
     speak with those eyes
     in summer's afternoon
it's green, so green
     here, there, everywhere

stir me

awaken in me such melody
and stir me from end to end.
i see in those eyes a life free,
a place to capture and send 
love's ships to the sea.

Heart

rhyme with me, dear heart
in those painted words
within a night we'll start
threading a melody as two rare birds
so often do when no longer apart

Rejoice

Time crept upon this day of mine
And welcomed tomorrow's voice.

I await for the clock's telling chime,
Marking the day in which all rejoice.