Friday 28 March 2014

Just You and I

Remember that day
How the sun caught your eyes
How sweet the way
Walk the path where our love lies

Forget the night
How the moon hides the truth
Hold what is right
Let love be our proof

We will lie side by side
In this endless heart tide
Without sleeping
Without dreaming
Just you and I...

Heavens apart
We cast shadows in the light
Race back to the start
Don’t let go of me tonight

We will dance through the sky
While the world turns its eye
Without leaving
Without seeing
Just you and I

Now the world I know can be cruel
But if you promise, I will promise too
Promise to be true
If you love me, I will love you

Then we’ll lay side by side
In this endless heart tide
Without sleeping
Without dreaming
Just you and I...


Saved

At first I was scared
Of the beating of my heart
To acknowledge aloud in words
The thoughts crossing my mind
Safe with everything I knew
Hiding away, where I felt safe

And then you came
And my eyes opened
There was light, for the first time
I could really smile

There is no distance now
The miles, inconsequential
Just a smile at a long remembered memory
That's enough to save me

Monday 17 March 2014

And then...

And in the blink of an eye
Lightning dances along a dark, restless sky
Rain like teardrops cascades to the ground
What was lost can never be found...

...again

Fortunes from some twisted Tarot deck
Connections aligned in circumspect
There is a line in blood drawn in the sand
That cannot be erased by a mere mortal's hand...

...until

So sad, so true
This flower I give to you
See her petals misted with dew
Before she is crushed in the vice of time and
Forgotten

Rivers flowing slowly into a dark boiling sea
Words left unspoken, regretfully
Rage like a tempest, the rising storm
Once more you walk the world... all alone...

...and then...


Wednesday 12 March 2014

Hold On

This is where we start
An end, but a new beginning
Brand new, this golden morning
Alive with fresh chances of winning

Hold on
There are blue skies ahead
Life can't be all dismal and grey

Hold on
There is light at the end of the darkness
We both can't be losing our way

Set one foot in front of the other
Let us go forward hand in hand
Don't stop, there is no need to look behind
At our footprints that trail in the sand

Hold on
There are blue skies ahead
Life can't be all dismal and grey

Hold on
There is light at the end of the darkness
We both can't be losing our way

Saturday 8 March 2014

Welcome to my world

I wake up
Get out of bed
Find my mask and put it over my face

Wipe the dishes dry
Brush my teeth
My apathy forces me to lock the door as I leave

I trudge the road
My head is hung
The frost crunches beneath my No Brand shoes

I smile at my colleagues
I bite back retorts
I want to teach the little bastards to dance

My mind is numb
My thoughts are dumb
Each hour passes without a blink

I stare into space
Eight and a half hours
A two pack day and one foot in the grave

Home again
Mask by the door
I sag against the jamb, fall to the floor

Dinner for one
Frozen peas and white sauce
I toast the mirror: prost!

Then to bed
Early to rise
Another day, more lies


Sunday 2 March 2014

Please

Take my heart, now. Take it in love
Hold onto it... tight... so tight
This empty vessel, unfeeling jar
That is the straw, my broken back

Pilot of the four winds
No destination... at a loss
Heartless and void
My weakness, in my strength

No absolution

Don't batter your eyelids
Don't smile
Please
Keep the treasures for me
Don't raise your eyes
Please, you're mine...
Please

Please

Please?

I won't cry
I have been here before
My boots are wanting... wanting
Out the door

Left foot, right foot
A single line
Bag over my shoulder
Another time

I saw you
I heard you...
...whisper his name

When we made love
It wasn't me
You were thinking of

Please

Tell me it's not true

Please

Love me like I love you...

Please

Please

Please?

The final hour
My head is swimming
The thirty second floor
Will I have time
To count the lies
Before I end this fall