In That One Afternoon

Not even the whole of it
Yet with ample time
To recollect one quarter of
A well lived life

And now the heart beats
And now the eyes smile
And now the lucid thoughts
And now…

Fight off the tears of nostalgia
Quash all hopes of return
Deny doubts of past indecisions
Crumple up those old forgotten notes

For yours is
Your life only
Your heartbeats, your smiles
Your new breath; for you alone to breathe

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Half Ellipse

On the road, good and early
Through the morning light
Thoughts of the weekend
Mind drifting to vacation

Simplicity of one bright day
Energy to give energy
Life to give life
Love to give love

To enter a silence
A calm, of sorts
Wanting to be doing
Yet not knowing what to do

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Infinitely

From that opening
The chasm
With cracks around the edges

There was an outpouring
Or a way in
To a galaxy of stars

As if the mind itself
Was asking to be explored
Sung in tune with inner visions

Singing, welcome, welcome
That we might vibrate
Into your universe

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La Victoria, La La La

Silhouette, is that how they spell it
A range of mountains across the water
From our dinner-table
A foreshore, over there, with lights strung up

We had Paella, after starters
We had  wine, before after-dinner drinks
We listened to the  cicada's
And prepared ourselves, for mosquitoes

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AM St Salvador

I am warm
Sat in the quiet common room
We have no plans
Except the pleasure of your birthday

Already we have been to church
Looked in on the nativity scenes
Compared the gift shop
To something from Father Ted

You tell me it is due to rain, I reply
But it isn't raining now
And they will only be showers
Not like the real rain back home

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