Poems

elder dreams

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in silence bound
in seeking sought
where others bind
i was bought
when hearts collide and justice founds
my hopes do bide, in collision
sound siren call
revision

in loves sweet sigh
in voices raised
where heavens call
undertree did dance
and palm to palm
and join to join
praised by kine
in moments ere the fall

they seek, they fine,
the burn is seasons rime and dragging feet do come to call and hopes are risen
ere the fall

but drink my wine and drink my blood
and we shall step above the sea to feast and dance our revelry
you seek a fight, we seek to feast and in the middle there’ rise a beast
in death we feast and seek the battle draught
in life we love and lust
break bread with us, break meek

but I am bound as ever was and in the silence weep

Dial tone

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The past informs the present
Memory will capture in its grip
Makes past seem present
Honey sweet ache
Thick and rough
Taste on tongue, smell of jasmine oil
Burnished shine made melt
Suck and taste
Kiss, lick pulse

Eyes open and it falls away
Frozen moments
This now, this second
This is all there is
Find me, as I look on
Take my hand, my heart
This now, and every future now
Slipping one into the next
By my side

afternoon’s less hopeful than 3 am

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been broken
been battered
but I keep going
keep going
…keep going
but going to what?
what future?
no one to walk this dark road with
nothing waiting for me at the end but a grave and a smile
living for the moment but the moment is faded
nothing holding me here
nothing to tether
my jobs been done, my purpose served
now just an endless litany of lonely days and nights
hustling to fill up the time
until my too healthy body fails me
they say the end is near
but is it ever near enough
negotiated my sentence and got a reprieve
bought and sold but little left to make it worth the time
come nearer to me, oh beautiful death!
kiss me, love me, you’re my last chance.

Dreamer awakes

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This sybilant shadow,
hiss from darkness,
drown in sorrow,
bricked in,
rooms with doors long closed,
simple in the making,
this row of penitent sadness,
this pool, this swallowing abyss,
times slow petulant passage,
venom leaching from heart,
wrung out,
drunk on tears choked back,
a simple smile, destroy towers made of candy floss,
a perpetual fall, made tangible by wind whistling by
wet salt pools at the base of collarbone
but a flirtation, a smile
talisman held against the darkest corner
not a likely chance, not a relationship
the indication of the interest of others
tells that it’s you,
you that doesn’t see me
you that doesn’t value what I offer
you that, despite the pain,
despite my desire to protect you from the dark road you’re on,
it’s you I’m letting go,
I’ll not lose myself,
I’ve had the real,
I’ll have it again

tell me your fears, your desires, your feelings
be complete, be honest, hold nothing back
I’d take the blade back into my heart

won’t happen, wise fool dance
break bread, break word
you’re the one that turned away
but I’m the one that’s free

Spooky action

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Strange light
Strikes, filters
Particle by particle
Imparting spin

Above, below
Skin forms over bone
Differentiates into liver, heart
Contained ecstatic explosion

Base pairs meet
Conjugate
Struck, mutate

Birthed,
Warmth to cold
Calcium creaking, screaming
Acceleration

Words, other
Dance, lips
Lies, pain
Dripping by

Other, spin slows
Quantum entanglement
Indisputable,
Destroyed, created, conserved

Vessel tears
Babel
Wind whistles impact

Strange light
Imparting spin

Ice knife

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Beauty incarnate slash my heart
frozen blade
swift smile
in shallow pool of frost and blood
Sharp and tender
spill me out
Push it home
I’m tired of this slowly ending
Thrust it home
Numb the better feeling
Exhale crystals stained dark
Let it end
This drawn out damnation

Spinning thoughts on a dream

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The slow ratcheting down of heart and breathe.
A sink and a dream half remembered.
Sour with hopes crushed by the slow fleeting dip of times forgetting.
Drink and be merry but sounds trashy cousin lies through it’s tongue and kissing
lips parts company from laugh and limb,
hip toss, shimmy belly dance.
Give in, grow languid in sensual rush,
twist, taste with tongue, rasp,
teeth leaving impression,
smell heat,
soft breathing give way to panting,
breathe heavy with dipping lust,
break the twig,
fierce storm abating,
sip thoughtful from my blood,
sink down in moan and growl,
sad lovers at the feast,
grown weary, grown distant,
harsh and limited by the pressure of lopsided grin,
pirouette and fall, shards crash,
bounce tinkle like bells falling silent

All songs end

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Her dark beauty calls to me
A siren song calling me deeper
A voice ranges down my spine
Electric it prompts me to dive
The crushing depths press in
But deeper still till heart slows
Breathe runs out
Oxygen depleted
But there she is within reach
I open my mouth to call to her
Then pop
The deeps crush
Rend, smoosh, blood colors the darkness
Far from the sky
My home

Counterclockwise spin

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Despair grips, hope spilling away
A bauble picked up then discarded
Shattered, leaking hearts blood into the sand
Draining away until all proof of its existence fades

Singular in choice and foolish
Much as the pain etches acid trails
Try again, until oblivion claims me.

Ma petite tempête hivernale

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This beauty, this life, this simple song
Give voice, give life, give dance
Touch hands, look eyes, and joyous laugh
Kiss lips, hold tight, sit silent

The day is turning,
the sun, the earth, the bowl of sky
Spin round and round
The heavens in their majesty waltz in order made Chaotic

But down below, in smaller frame, you and I. Hold. Hold on, hold tight, the world spins madly. Embrace.