Drops of dew glisten
Stars trapped in the dawn day sun
A strangers galaxy
Reservoirs covered in snow
Icicle man astride
The pedestrian's fluid divide
Bach of beach seasons
Surf over summers tales of reason
Blues sail on the perilymph
Most days I would try to write a poem; it is a practice, as I suppose is meditation, or smiling, or watching the world go by
Drops of dew glisten
Stars trapped in the dawn day sun
A strangers galaxy
Reservoirs covered in snow
Icicle man astride
The pedestrian's fluid divide
Bach of beach seasons
Surf over summers tales of reason
Blues sail on the perilymph
Horizon, sunset on the horizon
Light scattered falling from the sky
Reflections, ships on the water
Shorelines, cityscapes; fade, fade away
Orange, yellow, ochre, rust, blue
Flames flare from her chimney
As she tugs the majestic sailing ship
Underneath a sky with sun, with moon
Did he ponder on the galley
Wondering why not a soul in sight
Could the sea have been so many colours
Would that the imagination beamed so bright
From across the oceans, sailors gather
Line the decks as they reach the shore
Yesterday was flags and bunting
Today is calm, good men quietly go
Storm clouds behind the night
Bring brightness to the fore
Light, a likeness to your image
Your sun drenched early evening sky
Mandolin wind, you have the weight
Strings whispering, you are so so nearly being
Drum skins smoothed, brushstrokes wavered
The bass guitar plays, you gently weep, you cry
Promenader's right behind you
Waiting, watching your vision unfold
Your story you gave us on the canvas
Eight score years or more ago
Reds, greys, silvers, whites, golds
The flickering flag atop the mast
Ropes, rigging tidier than nature
Close up close I spy a crew
A sea of two-tone reflections
Mirror sun, mirror moon
Painting thousands of projections
For the nation to consume
Did you say you were going nowhere
No more the sea to be a roving
The last voyage has been taken
The last journey gone
We should have seen the sadness
The colour was without your joy
The smokestack racks our guilt
Cracks upon, our mistaken preconceptions
It seems to me
From the way you dress
That you are a long way
A long way from home
I also surmise, surprise
That you are lost
Lost inside, I find
Inside your sketchbook world
Looking backwards
Back along the promenade
To the turret, to the tower
They are your silhouettes
The clock in the square
The coronation cross
They are your foreground
Your definition, your detail
This picture
Framed to the East
Framed by the faraway shores
Beyond the distance, beyond the horizon
These Jurassic cliffs crumble
Their history cloaks another mankind
You are I surmise
A long way from home
Are you here to escape
Escaping the troubles of mad mankind
Are you here, stored away, but crippled
Crippled, by your wandering mind
The stillness, the calm
Of this present situation
Behind the wars, behind the warriors
Is it they that test your patience
The injustice of your situation
Not by choice, or in context
Simply an artist drawing
On what’s left of this day’s life
The light is fading
You have moved along
The chorus of the song has gone
The stolen lives of those you’ve left behind
Of people, of ideas, of jewels
Of music, of prayers, of laughs
Of drugs, of glances, of guilt
Of fire, of water, of storms
Of, you know, those
Naturally occurring pulls toward
I’d go further than that in fact
That trust, that magnetism
People swaying, ideas playing
Clusters of jewels, mountains of music
Mosques, synagogues, chapels, churches
Prayer, laughter - those hugs of civilisation
No longer scared of sideways glances
No more by guilt to be bound
Neither from the fire, nor from the water
Instead to embrace the reviving storms
Where are you now
Write to me more often
Where are we now
Softly spoken
Where I am
Fairly softened
There you are then
Nothings broken
Writing invitations
Simulating sensations
The coffee’s safe
In Massarella’s café
The light is dense
Behind the lens
I smile awhile
In a magic-moment style
Where are you now
Write to me more often
Where are we now
Excited slowly spoken
Knocks on the head
Some say still I suffer
Knocks on the head
Woken, woken to usher
Concentrate, imagine
A transparent minds ride
Postulate, bring to life’s design
Disordered thoughts reside
Motivate
Drive me madly
Introvert
Take me gladly
Where are you know
Write to me more often
Where I am now
Panicking, stupendously
A birth is more special
Than I can contemplate
A life is more special
Than I cared to situate
How to release
Unwise ineffectual pressures
But retain, explain the disease
Love, compassion, mindful seizures
Where are you now
Write to me more often
Grow me, overtly
Covet me, sensually
I feel to exude
High expectation
Is this received
Perceived, or an untrue situation
You seem able
Stable, of invention
Thoughtful, real, capable
Is it true of you; you of abstention
Supportive, or disruptive
Challenging or cajoling
Balancing or instructive
I, or you, or our bias rolling
Energy flows
The picture grows
The smiles return
Doubts they do still burn
Where are you now
Speak to me
Speak to me more often
Kick me
Metaphorically
Engage me
Excessively, seriously
Draw me, repeatedly
Tell me
What I should give too
Pray, demand of me
To reach, reach within you
Command, perhaps with dander
On reflection
The growth should meander
A little closer to perfection
Where are you now
Still with me
With me so more often
Being somehow
Distraction
Extracting self satisfaction
Self sufficient
Unaware of layered intent
People need people
Communication connects consumption
Interaction is as a steeple
The second oxygen of life, of gumption
Where are you now
Will you; wow
Will you see
One day I, I becoming we, more often