Scratch

I have never felt so far from lonely
I have never felt so full of joy
For with you, my dearest darling
I have felt the one, and onliness, of joy

And the waves keep on splashing
And the tide is here to turn
And the music keeps on thrashing
And the road is what we burn

I have been to less than silent places
I have been the glorious decoy
For with you, my dearest darling
I have seen beyond the glorious decoy

And the waves keep on splashing
And the tide is here to turn
And the music keeps on thrashing
And the road is what we burn

I have found that I am nearer grace now
I have found that I am approaching kind
For with you, my dearest darling
I have found a new found way of being kind

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Sant Salvador

My window faces
The rising sun
This gift of life
Each day is spun

I hear your footsteps
In my mind
Your gift of peace
Such joy to find

Silent mornings
In my arms
Your gift of love
Brings me calm

I see you pray
You alone
Your gift of time
Carved in stone

My window faces
The setting sun
Your gift of words
Awoken, simply fun

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Priest

He asked the big question
Together the congregation said Yes
He also had one other question
Everyone assembled said No

I contemplated
Held a meditation on his words
All the while
I visualised the calm sea behind me

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Orienteering

Leather soles
Polished by
Dry, upland grasses

Halfway seat
A silhouette
On a long horizon

Not such
A good sunset
Tonight

A walk
Nonetheless
A new time beginning

Ill prepared, yet
Lost bearings found
Among the dusk of rooks at roost

But such
A good old
Day

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Mirador de La Victoria

There is the sea
There is a hill
There is a story
That goats walk on car bonnets
To eat the pine nuts
Which have fallen from the trees

There is the sea
There is a hill
There is a prayer
That to have found this place
Is in itself
A meditation on this earth

There is the sea
There is a hill
There is a human
That offers me a kindness
Who hears my response
Then wishes me well

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